Sneak peek on character portraits
Working on some commissions which is why I’ve had no updates… so here’s a sneak peek of some character commission pieces
Female artist of the week – Caterina van Hemessen
Continuing on with my exploration of female artists, I decided to go with a Flemish painter from the 16th century. Although I saw a bunch of work by French artists including a few women, at the Modern Woman: Daughters and Lovers 1850 — 1918 | Drawings from the Musée d’Orsay, Paris exhibition over the weekend, I did a random search on Flemish artists and came across Caterina van Hemessen. As soon as I saw her mentioned in my Women Artists book (see link below) I looked her up.
Female artist of the week – Margaret Sarah Carpenter
I love stumbling across women artists, particularly artists from historical periods when being an artist or having a trade was not the done thing. I have a whole book dedicated to women artists which I adore, but I love finding new ones. Anyway, I thought I’d start doing this on a regular basis. Some will be historical, some contemporary, some I love, some I don’t care too much for but still find interesting from a historical standpoint. Anyway, here’s one to kick us off!
Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793–1872) was a Victorian era painter in Britain who mostly focused on portraits, and continued to paint after she married. Read on…
