Mamman-Mia!
Continuing my exporation of female artists . . . Jeanne Mammen was born in 1890 in Berlin into a wealthy and progressive family. Self Portrain c 19266 She studied in…
Go Ask Alice
Another female artist warrants her own page. I discovered Alice Neel: Alice Hartley Neel, 1900-1984. "I don't know what you expect to do in the world," her mother once told…
Looking for Someone Else, I Found Charlotte.
Isn't it just the way to look for one thing and find another? I was looking for the biography of another female artist for my next Celebration of Female Artists…
Got Color?
Now that Rain Dodging is in the hands of my editor, thoughts turn to my book cover. I can’t wait to see what the She Writes Press designers come up…
Celebration of Female Artists V
It’s been a while since I have posted a Celebration of Female Artists. Currently I am working on a deadline for my publisher. (Doesn't that sound grand!) While I work on…
First Impressions
I am "on the road again." I will share this new adventure with you soon. In the meantime, learn about two artists who were "champions of woman’s ability to stand…
Art & Writing: A Match Made in (Creative) Heaven
Now and then I harken back to my teaching days. I was looking for something else in my massive photo collection (isn't that always the way?) when I came across…
Sunday in the Park with Rembrandt
Cleveland friends: You know the Georges Seurat painting ,Sunday in the Park with George? Well, here is a poem, Sunday at the Museum with Rembrandt: Snow turned blackened crust four months old…
Celebration of Female Artist, Part IV
More than ever, we need beauty in our lives. Enjoy this respite, these lesser known female artists. Slava Ukraini. Donna Ferrato U.S. Daisy Sims Hilditch Britain Dod Proctor Britain Helga…
Vermeer’s Daughter
excerpts from: Maria Vermeer’s Secret Career by Sophia Perring: July 18, 2020 by Yiara Magazine Though Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) is now one of the most popular artists of the Dutch Republic, his work…