My book My Life. I have some big News and I need your help.

Happy New Year 2023

I have finished the manuscript for my book “My Life. An emotional journey from handicap to a fulfilled life expressed in abstract paintings”

I have found a publisher in Korea and have translated the book into the Korean language. My good friend Sam, a Seoul University professor, who has published many books introduced me to the publisher. I am now actively looking for a publisher in the USA and Europe.

If anyone knows a publisher please let me know, thank you.

You have already seen some of the pages from the book on this blog, another is further down on this post.

One thing I now need to do is raise my profile, and get more followers and subscribers. I would appreciate your help in forwarding this blog to friends and acquaintances who would be interested and would like to sign up and subscribe. I have also set up a Facebook page as I intend to advertise on Facebook if anyone wants to follow that page it will help me get some followers which will make the advertising more effective. https://www.facebook.com/ULeeJohnsonArt/

Here is an extract from the “Pitch document” that is used to get interest from publishers.

I am an award-winning artist and I am seeking a publisher for my first book “My Life, An emotional journey from handicap to a fulfilled life expressed in abstract paintings.”. “My Life” is an inspirational biography in paintings and text. My feelings and emotions are represented by abstract art paintings.

I was born disfigured, one eye did not develop, into a society that stigmatized handicap. The book illustrates conflict and shame with my parents, a surgery that opened the door to social life, adolescence, mid-life mental breakdown, divorce, and recovery. The paintings are full of emotions describing these events.

Each painting, typically one per year, is accompanied by text that describes the event, my feelings, and emotions at that time and a description of how the painting reflects those feelings. There are 70 paintings in the book.

Here is another example:

“My Life” 13 Years Old, The Confidence

I have had surgery for my prosthetic right eye for some time now. I had to wait until I was 11 years old for the surgery since my bones were developing. My face now looks so much better and my handicap is not noticed at all.

I began to have confidence in my appearance. I began to look prettier and prettier.

I am having pink dreamy thoughts just like other girls at this age. I am expanding physically and psychologically with exciting colors and shapes in the painting.