Secret Page: The Art of Con Heir
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Thanks for reading Con Heir!
In writing Con Heir, I was thrilled to indulge in some art history and I want to share my research with you with the pieces that inspired The Pandora, and the artworks mentioned throughout the novel. Adding the history of each piece mentioned would be arduous - and not terribly exciting in the context of a mystery - so I'm glad to bring the artwork alive here. |
Inspiring The Pandora
Pandora's Box, with its mythical themes of evil and humanity, has been subject to a myriad of artworks. For Con Heir, I wanted my fictional artist "John Carmichael" to have his own painting. In part this was so I could introduce some history that tied the antagonists to the artwork and in part so I could add the scroll with its riddle. Pandora's curiosity could be intended as a message from Carmichael to Lady Georgette, whom Quinlan suggests he was secretly in love with.
Inspiration for the fictional "Pandora's Box" came from Charles Edward Perugini's "Pandora's Box (1893), a lovely oil depicting a pretty young woman opening the box. It's owned by a private collector but the location is currently unknown.
Source: Wikipedia Commons