Gabriel's Creek Golf Course couldn't be found when ChrisCollins looked for a course where he could play a special round. Still, therewas no reason he should expect anything other than a normal and relaxing day ofgolf when he stumbled into this easy-to-forget place. He meets the coursemascot, a Border collie named Ralphie, a dog they say just showed up one dayout of nowhere. Then, a special breakfast ends with the Pro's caution, "Thisplace is magical...You'll see what I mean." Collins has chosen to spend one of the last days of his lifedoing something he loves: walking 18 holes of golf. With Ralphie as guide and companion,Gabriel's Creek itself brings out his reflections on life in a tale aboutfamily, friends, and commitment, about dogs and destinations. As his round winds along, the course brings a variety ofcharacters from his past to meet him. These players show much about who Collinsis and how he treasured his life's relationships. Along with them, he is poppedinto and out of golf holes across two continents. Some are places he has playedbefore, while some he had simply dreamed of before. Is it time travel, or is it just the enchantment ofGabriel's Creek? The 18th hole is more than the end of Chris' round. On that final green, Collins finds thatGabriel's Creek Golf Course exists in neither the earthly nor the next world,but perhaps somewhere in between.

Gabriel's Creek

Livingston, MR Alan

Sports & Outdoors

Three Nineteens Publishing

Kurt Jackson Sketchbooks

The exhibited works of Kurt Jackson (b.1961) do not necessarily reveal his day-to-day working practice. Behind his finished canvases are hundreds of sketchbooks borne out of his continual routine of making drawings, marks, notes, poems and scribbles. This book examines the importance of the sketchbook to Jackson. For Jackson, his sketchbooks are vital to the development and completion of his paintings. Often sketching while a painting evolves, the artist values each medium equally - the pages of his sketchbooks reveal how the hastily executed images can help him to work out what he wants to achieve on canvas, or simply capture a spontaneous image when there is not enough time to paint or draw properly. Illustrating mundane daily events and happenings as well as key moments, journeys and the overlapping ongoing project work, Jackson's sketchbooks are key to understanding his inspirations as an artist. Drawing on a selection of twenty sketchbooks, of differing sizes and a variety of media, this fascinating publication provides a rare insight in to the mind of a highly creative and original artist.

Arts & Photography

Jackson, Mr Kurt

Individual Artists

Lund Humphries

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