Can Susan Cain with ‘Bittersweet’ Repeat the Success of ‘Quiet’?

BITTERSWEETHow Do Sadness and Longing Unite Us?by Susan Cain The engine of America’s factory of mass-market ideas processed and turned into book sales tends to be one word (or two short words if you absolutely must): To develop. Sandstone. Simple. poke. It’s designed by authors who often shine outstanding college references and workshop concepts in …

Sarah Cain Redefines Seriousness in Painting

LOS ANGELES — Last summer, painter Sarah Cain was designing the biggest project of her career: a 45-foot-tall painting for the East Atrium of the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, 42-year-old Cain renders causticly colourful. Since the mid-2000s, he has made improvised abstractions and was commissioned to hide the construction walls during the …