A Painter's Musings
$45.00
A fine artist for over fifty years, Ruthie Windsor-Mann muses on four overlapping reflections of painting. The book walks the reader through the painting process where she offers her opinions on art interpretation, museum visits, developing the eye, and the aging artist. Anecdotes such as being chased by the police in Hungary and spotting a fire in England are peppered throughout.
Enjoy reading, arguing, and questioning, but most of all, enjoy creating.
Testimonials:
“Magic Happens,” indeed. Windsor-Mann sounds the call to embrace the gifts of creativity and talent; interpreting the world without fear, but instead by embracing feeling, mistakes, and all of the many unknowns. As a result, she infuses her brush and canvas with an unspoken feast of sensory experience: light, dark, smooth, rough, wet, dry, high, low, hot, cold-an endless and ever-curious window into the soul of an artist. So, pull up a chair, settle in for a spell, and let the Magic Happen.
--Dana Hand Evans, Executive Director and CEO of the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
If the eye is the portal to the soul, then Ruthie's eye and soul are inextricably linked in capturing nature's art.
--Director Emeritus Col. John R. Bourgeois, 25th Director of "The President's Own" United States Marine Band, 1979-1996
Artists themselves are the best avenue for learning about art--the inspirations, the materials, the process. Three cheers for this wonderfully refreshing book!
—Alexandra Kirtley, the Montgomery-Garvan Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
In this visually arresting and thought-provoking book, Ruthie Windsor-Mann invites her readers to see the world through her eyes as an artist. Filled with the delightful musings, thoughtful asides, and rich humor of the artist herself, this work draws us in as if we were standing with her in the studio having a conversation about life and art.
--Adam Erby, Curator of Fine and Decorative Arts at Mount Vernon
In this unique book Ruthie Windsor-Mann shares a fascinating distillation of insights and wisdom accumulated over her lifetime as a talented and prolific artist. The text is interspersed with a delightful collection of the artist's work spanning five decades. Rarely is an author so articulate and authentic in describing her feelings surrounding the creative process. I was left with a fuller appreciation of the artistic process and a desire to take up drawing and painting myself. Anyone interested in exploring their own creativity will find this book useful and inspirational.
—Patrick O’Connell, Chef/Proprietor The Inn at Little Washington