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Step into a world where portraiture becomes far more than likeness and where each face opens the door to a life, a legacy, and a story worth remembering.

Beyond the Easel presents a breathtaking collection of 60 remarkable portraits by the internationally acclaimed artist Basia Kaczmarowska-Hamilton, whose work has captured royalty, aristocracy, statesmen, cultural figures, philanthropists, writers, and personalities from across the world. Elegantly designed as a luxurious coffee-table book, it offers not only the visual beauty of Basia’s art but also the fascinating human stories behind the sitters she has painted. Each double-page spread draws the reader into a different life. A striking portrait is paired with a vivid biography, personal insight, and often a charming anecdote that reveals something unexpected, intimate, or memorable about the sitter. These are not merely portraits to be admired; they are lives to be discovered—full of heritage, achievement, character, resilience, service, influence, and, at times, quiet vulnerability. Through Basia’s gifted eye and the accompanying stories, the book becomes a journey through society, history, culture, and human connection. Page by page, the reader encounters a gallery of extraordinary people whose lives have touched the worlds of monarchy, diplomacy, the arts, philanthropy, public service, and private courage. Beautiful, elegant, and deeply readable, Beyond the Easel is both an art book and a storybook of lives. It invites the reader to pause, look closer, and discover what a portrait can truly reveal: not simply how someone appeared, but who they were, what they gave, and why they mattered.

                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                        COMING IN THE SPRING OF 2027