THE ART OF FARMING:
A Novel
By T.D. Motley
Fiction / Agriculture / Nature / Stewardship
Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing
Pages: 144
Publication Date: August 26, 2024
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Sam Bartlett’s formidable antagonist has four legs. Sol, a miniature donkey, schemes daily to outwit his kindly caretaker. This delightful rural drama regales a symbiosis of plants, humans, dogs and livestock, with wild creatures observing from secluded, weedy perimeters.
Retired from teaching, artist Sam farms thirty acres. His popular paintings of vast prairies at sunset are selling well. He plans to market organic herbs and produce, hiring local after-school teens. Begrudgingly raised on a farm, he once swore that when he grew up, he’d never go back. Time and age break promises.
Elysia boasts a pretty town square, complete with a handsome county courthouse. Sam’s girlfriend, Annie, is a food writer who travels a lot. Bartlett Farm is her sanctuary.
The Art of Farming is a hopeful tale about stewardship of the land, the animals, and of each other. It honors the integrity of agriculture, as expressed in ancient literature and art.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: T.D. Motley writes about art and organic farming. Born in Beaumont, he’s been drawing since age three. His family has farmed in Texas since the mid-19th century. He and artist wife Rebecca marketed their organic, heirloom herbs and produce to North Texas chefs and farmers’ market customers for years.
Motley is Professor Emeritus of Art and Art History at Dallas College. His drawings and paintings have been shown in national exhibits and are included in numerous US and Texas collections. He has lectured at The Dallas Museum of Art, the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum in Austin, the Meadows Museum at SMU, and The Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth. He is a contributing author for Eutopia and ArtSpiel, and has written about mid-century modern Texas artist for DB/Zumbeispiel and the Grace Museum in Abilene. Motley has received Fulbright Grants to Belgium, the Netherlands, and the UK.
Motley is past Board President of Artist Boat, a Galveston non-profit, teaching students about coastal nature through art and science. He was Chair of the North Texas Fulbright Teacher Exchange Peer Review Committee for years. Motley was a printer in the USAF, an illustrator for Ling Temco Vought Corp., and a cartoonist for the infamous Dallas Notes from the Underground newspaper. Motley’s artworks can be seen at J. Peeler Howell Fine Art in Fort Worth.
