Last Bohemian

<p class=ql-align-center>Book Summary</p><p class=ql-align-justify>In this day and age one would be hard-pressed to find any human being living as a complete bohemian building his life based not upon finances or money but upon philosophy love of art and music. Jonathan David Batchelor was such a man. An unusual child he evolved into a very eccentric adult with an archetypal free-spirited nonconformist existence. Part I of his story revolves around his upbringing and closeness with his musical father. Sadly Jonathan's mother succumbed to mental illness when Jonathan was but a wee bit lad. Because she had to be institutionalized the boy was without a mother for his younger years. Father and son were a family unit unto themselves and struggled through the Great Depression. Jonathan was a self-taught painter although he did seek instruction from two Southern California artists who set his imaginative heart flaming. As a young adult he explored Carmel's art colony and eventually landed at UC Berkeley with a WPA job. The WPA work gave Jonathan stability and also brought him together with his first wife.</p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p class=ql-align-center>About the Author</p><p class=ql-align-justify>Julia Rosenstein kindred bohemian fit well into both the free-spirited community of Canyon and Jonathan Batchelor's life. She grew up in a family of artists and today continues with painting. Writing was unexpected; Well someone should write Jonathan's biography and I guess it might as well be me! she cheerfully remarked.</p><p></p>