The sitters - Alex Miller

A sensuously written, peculiar novel about the relationship between a painter and his subject.A narrow, vertical painting, tightly enclosing the scene. Her pale arm and her
pale thigh. Viewed at a diagonal through an exceedingly tall doorway . . . just
a glimpse of something . . . An ageing portrait artist meets a woman who
unsettles him, yet inspires him to paint her. Reluctantly, at first, they are
drawn together. The ambiguity of the relationship between painter and subject
is revealed through Alex Miller's subtle, sensuous narrative. The artist must
watch and wait to trap the shy beast. For the skill of portraiture is in seeing
beyond the face, beyond the likeness.