For the Love of Art

A friends’ getaway on Martha’s Vineyard, turned art heist puzzle, turned school district conundrum winds readers through a tale among artists with their misplaced and rediscovered priorities. Though themes surrounding family, education, environment, and support for the arts emerge, uniquely challenged characters often propel the story into audible bursts of laughter.

Join a klutzy writer postponing her return to academia, a guitarist strumming through marital calamity and their art-loving friend for a weeklong retreat. Upon meeting an artist in a stirring sculpture garden, discover his painting has been burgled. With everyone suspect, the fated characters amuse and confuse as they become entangled over the painting’s treasure warranting a rather enticing fiscal reward.

Tourists mingle with residents and, with an intimate view into the Vineyard’s heart, a homeless man beckons to green our wounded earth, and a poet wakes to the summoning of his tragic past. While his petulant landlord and sculptor need only live in the moment, a salacious reporter reveals how global appeal confronts an island’s quandary during a community arts festival, replete with the ska surge of reworked classics. This is one party you won’t want to miss!