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𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 : The hidden inspirations behind a novelist’s heroine | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/AFJeGUl "I should have known sooner. Or at least suspected." #MondayBlogs #Writing

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Humiliating important donors is a certain way for museums to lose their critical financial supporters. ~ @SheilaSharpe How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists: Part 2 #ArtTheft Image: Birmingham Museums Trust via Unsplash

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Typically, museums do not ask a donor where the donated work(s) came from, especially a donor with status and impeccable credentials like those of [art thief] Dr. Feller. ~ @SheilaSharpe How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists: Part 2 #QOTD #ArtTheft

The International Foundation for Art Research dubbed Professor Feller “a Robin Hood of the arts” because he frequently stole from one museum or private collection and lent or donated the spoils to another. 🎨 @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social "How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: Part 2" #QOTD

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To create one’s own world takes courage. ~ Georgia O’Keeffe #QOTD

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𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 : The hidden inspirations behind a novelist’s heroine | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/AFJeGUl "I should have known sooner. Or at least suspected." #MondayBlogs #Writing

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If I could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint. ~ Edward Hopper #QOTD

🎨 My book, 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩, 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛, is out now! A 5-star @ReadersFavorite! "A wildly entertaining, complex, and adrenaline-fueled art crime novel as intriguing as it is satisfying..." 📕 https://geni.us/ArtistLoverForgerThief by @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social #Books

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. ~ Celia Cruz #QOTD

Every time I have had a problem, I have confronted it with the ax of art. ~ Yayoi Kusama #QOTD

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I can become obsessed with every mark and brushstroke on the canvas. As if every mark is a note of music and they all have to come together to be coherent, like a symphonic composition – and then it will sing the song I want to sing. ~ Suzy Murphy #QOTD

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𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 : The hidden inspirations behind a novelist’s heroine | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/AFJeGUl "I should have known sooner. Or at least suspected." #MondayBlogs #Writing

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The artist grips his idea and will not let it go until it has blessed him, as the angel blessed Jacob. ~ Cecilia Beaux #QOTD

🎨 "I'm a collection of masks with no face behind them." 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩, 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛, by by @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social 📕 https://geni.us/ArtistLoverForgerThief Available now! A 5-star Readers Favorite! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #ArtCrime #Books

I have never expected anything from my work but the satisfaction I could get from it by the very fact of painting and saying what I couldn’t say otherwise. ~ Frida Kahlo #QOTD

Great art picks up where nature ends. ~ Marc Chagall #QOTD photo by Edoardo Soloni via Unsplash

Feminist Art History: An Introductory Reading List | Gabrielle Stecher via @JSTOR vist.ly/4cxuj "Beginning with texts written in the 1970s, this reading list shows how the major questions, critiques, & debates developed in feminist art history." #ArtHistory

Dreamers are those who have achieved in love and life, because it is a dream that got them there. ~ Cindy Sherman #QOTD

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𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 : The hidden inspirations behind a novelist’s heroine | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/AFJeGUl "I should have known sooner. Or at least suspected." #MondayBlogs #Writing

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I love creation more than life, and I must express myself before disappearing. ~ Sonia Delaunay #QOTD

🎨 My book, 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩, 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛, is out now! A 5-star @ReadersFavorite! "A wildly entertaining, complex, and adrenaline-fueled art crime novel as intriguing as it is satisfying..." 📕 https://geni.us/ArtistLoverForgerThief by @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social #Books

Gripping Thrillers by Female Authors | Rosie Walsh via @PenguinRandom vist.ly/4cda4 "I have two small children and a job: if I manage to squeeze any reading time into my day, I need the book in my hand to be absolutely gripping." #Thrillers #Books

If painting is no longer needed, it seems a pity that some of us are born into the world with such a passion for line and color. ~ Mary Cassatt #QOTD

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. ~ Francis Bacon #Art #Writing #Poetry via @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social

Celebrating Women’s Work Throughout Art History | Jennifer Higge via Frieze vist.ly/4c4qr "Until very recently, the art history most people were taught wasn’t really that different to the one that had been studied in the 19th century." #Feminism #ArtHistory

I am seeking. I am striving. I am in it with all my heart. ~ Vincent Van Gogh #QOTD

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𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 : The hidden inspirations behind a novelist’s heroine | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/AFJeGUl "I should have known sooner. Or at least suspected." #MondayBlogs #Writing

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The only thing I have learned is to find strength in yourself. No one can help you, no one can do anything for you, you have to do the work yourself. ~ Marina Abramović #QOTD

🎨 My book, 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩, 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛, is out now! A 5-star @ReadersFavorite! "A wildly entertaining, complex, and adrenaline-fueled art crime novel as intriguing as it is satisfying..." 📕 https://geni.us/ArtistLoverForgerThief by @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social #Books

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A hill or tree cannot make a good painting just because it is a hill or tree. It is lines and colors put together so that they may say something. ~ Georgia O’Keeffe #QOTD

Why Do Women Artists Disappear from History? | Julie Baumgardner via Frieze https://buff.ly/4GCoVIu "From Elizabeth Vigeé Le Brun to Suzanne Césaire: unveiling the lost narratives of remarkable artists who defied conventions." #Feminism #ArtHistory