Writings and Poetry
The writings of Gerrit Verstraete comprise these main categories.
1. THE WISDOM OR SPIRITUAL WRITINGS on a variEty of topics from arts commentary to essays to spiritual teachings such as the “Kingdom of God”. For your inspiration and enjoyment there are three selections.
1.The Kingdom of God - the-kingdom-of-god.pdf
2. The Spiritual in Art – the-spiritual-in-art.pdf
3. The Studio – an intimate portrait of the artist’s studio – the-studio.pdf
4. For online courses see Masterpeace Academy of Art and Spirituality at www.masterpeaceacademy.com
2. THE NOVELS that have been completed over the past many years include:
1. “Homeward Bound” ( an autobiography, to be published )
2. “Death of a Model” (to be published )
3. “The Pioneer” (to be published)
4. “On the Run,” (published – Publish America, see Amazon.ca)
5. “Sweet Bitter Spring,” a Novel of WWII ( to be released in 2014)
3. THE POETRY includes a selection of poems and the epic series of “Cerulean Odyssey,” of which Volumes 1, and 2-5 have been published as POD initiatives and available at Amazon.ca
The entire epic begun in 2004 was finally completed on the last day of 2013, and will be published as a complete 10 volume book in 2013. It is the longest epic poem ever written in Canadian literature. Gerrit Verstraete began creative writing when he was a student at art college in 1964.
1. “Cerulean Odyssey,” Volume 1 (published, Publish America, see Amazon.ca
2. “Cold Winter Breath, ” Volumes 2 – 5, of the epic “Cerulean Odyssey.” (published, Publish America, see Amazon.ca)
3. “Cerulean Odyssey – the Epic,” 10 Volumes, Annotated Text Version. ( to be released in the Fall of 2014 or Spring 2014)