Portraits de Femmes libres: Elles ont osé être elles-mêmes! Illustrated Chapter Books I started keeping sketchbooks (at

I started keeping sketchbooks (at the encouragement of my instructors) when I went to college at Pratt Institute in the 70’s

While the British Empire is at its peak

anchoring the paintings within a familiar context but bearing objects or features slightly off

Hansel and Gretel

Portraits de Femmes libres: Elles ont osé être elles-mêmes! Illustrated Chapter Books I started keeping sketchbooks (at"Portraits of Free Women: They Dared to be Themselves." Annette Marnat provides wonderful color illustrations for these profiles of 12 pioneering women: Cleopatre, Jeanne d'Arc, Ching Shih, Mary Shelley, Ada Lovelace, Marie Curie, Coco Chanel, Annette Kellerman, Amelia Earhart, Frida Kahlo, Anne Frank, and Rosa Parks.