The Hunch Trail

Hi.

Welcome to The Hunch Trail.

About Me

I'm the author of Nicky's Secret: A Christmas Story, a children's picture book that is filled with details hidden in famous works of art. Most of these are details that have remained secret for hundreds of years. And nobody else in the world knows about the vast majority of the details hidden in this book, at least at the date of my writing this (which is about six months after its publication).

Furthermore, if you either own or are considering buying a painting or sculpture, I offer an art discovery service to uncover hidden details that the artist might have hidden – in plain sight – in the work of art.

The entire book can be read for free in low-resolution, or watch a video of the entire book being read aloud. You can also view other videos related to the book or read this fact sheet on the book.

You can also buy the mass-market paperback edition of Nicky's Secret: A Christmas Story available worldwide on Amazon. Just visit the local Amazon website for your country. Please note that this edition features very basic binding, paper and print quality, and is only intended to make sure that almost anyone in the world can purchase a physical copy of the book.

In a very small number of countries, you can instead buy the premium paperback edition or you can buy the hardback edition, both of which have far superior paper, binding and print quality that you will be able to enjoy for years as a proper keepsake.

Requesting a Quote

To request a quote for the analysis of a piece of art, you will first have to pay a quotation fee (presently US$99). This is intended to limit requests for quotation to genuine clients only.

1. Complete this checkout form on Stripe, in which you will provide your email address and contact phone number, along with payment of the quotation fee, which should be displayed in your local currency. The link opens in a new window.

2. Within 48 hours of your payment, one of my team members will contact you to arrange submission of digital images of your artwork, as well as to discuss the details of the piece to provide an accurate quotation for the analysis of your specific artwork. Your identity and the identity of the artwork will be kept confidential unless you state otherwise.

Assurances

NOTE: The art discovery service does not guarantee that the artist intentionally included any of the hidden details I might uncover. I scan for hidden forms that the artist might have intentionally included. Nobody can be certain of an artist's true intent. Interesting forms can appear in artworks and in real-life by pure chance.

Fee Estimation

While any given piece of art will require a custom quotation, to give you a general idea of the fees involved, below are estimated service fees and turnaround times for 8 review passes applied to artworks with various detail levels. Pricing varies with the number of review passes required. For example, if you have a very expensive artwork or a critical investment purchase, you will likely desire a far greater number of review passes to get a reasonable certainty of identifying the more overt hidden details.