Shandy Blue

What do you owe a father you’ve never known? Julian Billings asks himself that question when he discovers he’s the son of an artist.  Not a famous artist, a mediocre artist on the verge of discovery when the inevitable happens.

Tifton Shandy, the unknown father in question, had received a $5,000 grant from the Great Lakes Art Council because of his work “Moods in Blue,” six panels in various hues of blues, for which he made his own pigment.  Expectations were high for an exhibit of this defining work.  But when Julian had his father’s estate dumped on him unexpectedly, he had to ask himself:  Where were the panels?  Where were the “Moods in Blue?”

Larceny is at the heart of “Shandy Blue.”  Does art corrupt?  What about collecting art?  Is banking on a dead artist’s work turn one into a criminal?  Well, yes, at least for those associated with Tifton Shandy.

How will Julian Billings and his girlfriend Lettie Gorlick deal with the duplicitousness?  Not to mention how will Julian relate to a family he has never known?  And will Julian be forced to take up oil painting, something he has never tried before?

Will these questions all be answered within the depths of “Shandy Blue?”  Of course!  So join Julian for a lighthearted romp through the world of artful deceit.