That character is a painter who creates the title painting after being partially paralyzed by a stroke.
This author's last novel was purported to be edited from the papers of one Alex Xenophon Demirjian Gray, but an unfinished novel by him was published in 2012. In a novel reminiscent of Orlando, he wrote about a single soul which inhabits three different identities, two female and one male, all of whom have names starting with E. One of his characters is inspired by characters like Kathy (*) Volkov, Hero Pavloussi, and the hunchbacked Rhoda Courtney. That character is a painter who creates the title painting after being partially paralyzed by a stroke. In another of his novels, a journey backed by Edmund Bonner is undertaken by Frank Le Mesurier, Palfreyman and other companions of the title explorer, who has a deep connection with Laura Trevelyan. For 10 points, name this author of The Vivisector and Voss.
This author's last novel was purported to be edited from the papers of one Alex Xenophon Demirjian Gray, but an unfinished novel by him was published in 2012.
Patrick White