Author Archives: Art for Housewives

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Two Plants in a Pot

Posted on September 6, 2020 by Art for Housewives

If you water one, you water the other. As part of my research regarding women involved in the arts neglected by history, I continue to ready essays by Alice Meynell (1847-1922). However, reading Alice, I realize that the past is … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Narratives, Books, Conditions of Possibility, female consciousness | Tagged Alice Meynell, Archive.org, Art History, baby sunrose ground cover, Esther Johnson, historians, Jonathan Swift, patriarchal stress disorder, Rebecca Dingley, yucca | 1 Comment

In the Shade of a Tamarisk

Posted on September 5, 2020 by Art for Housewives

After months of Covid Gloom, we are finally out of Rome and on our special island. Today we went to a beach I know well as it’s less than 100 meters from our front door. Although not the most exotic … Continue reading →

Posted in art, female consciousness, Lifestyle, Paros | Tagged Alice Meynell, Art History, Condition of possibility, covid-19, feminist, Linda Nochlin, Paros | 6 Comments

Peaches from my Balcony Garden

Posted on August 18, 2020 by Art for Housewives

A few years ago, I threw some peach pits in a balcony flower pot and voilà, one turned into a tree. It was an unexpected surprise. -30-

Posted in Beauty, Plants & Gardening | Tagged balcony, Container gardening, peaches | 8 Comments

Rear Face Rowing

Posted on August 6, 2020 by Art for Housewives

(from STORYBOOK © “13 Drawings”) -30-

Posted in Art Narratives, Drawings & Paintings, storytelling | Tagged 13 drawings, boat rowing, Grace Darling, Mary Cassatt | 1 Comment

La Matadora

Posted on July 31, 2020 by Art for Housewives

(from STORYBOOK © “13 Drawings”) -30-

Posted in art, Art Narratives, Just One of the Crowd, storytelling | Tagged 13 drawings, Antoinette Tuff, bullfighter, Gustave Dore, matador | Leave a comment