by Meryl Ann | Jun 20, 2022 | Cecilia Beaux, Women Artists
Went to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts today to see the “Women in Motion” exhibition (which closes June 24! Just barely made it!) PAFA was founded in 1805 and is the oldest art museum in the US. The exhibition was spectacular! A couple of my favorites are below...
by Meryl Ann | Jun 19, 2022 | Colored Pencil, MAB Art, Male artists, Meryl Ann Butler, Peter Max, Watercolor
“Maxxed Out on Love, Joy and Flowers: The Goddess is Afoot” was my entry into the annual “Fabulous Forgeries” exhibit at the Virginia Beach Art Center in January, 2022. (For that exhibition, entries may be copies of well known artworks, or simply...
by Meryl Ann | Jun 17, 2022 | Art Projects, Meryl Ann Butler, Uncategorized
I posted recently about a painting I am working on of my grandmother Mohena Belle Roberts (born in 1894) and my grandfather, Franklin Harris (born in 1886), on the family property in 1916. I had the photo for many decades, planning to paint it some day…and I...
by Meryl Ann | Jun 13, 2022 | American Artists (not IMpressionists), Elizabeth Jane Gardner Bouguereau
In 1864, Exeter, New Hampshire native Elizabeth Jane Gardner (1837-1922) arrived in France in search of art training and found “not a studio nor a master who would receive me.” So, like artist Rosa Bonheur, she donned boys clothing which “enabled me to...
