She really was impossibly beautiful - and can one imagine anyone more ideally proportioned for '30s clothes?
(And, as I've been meaning to add these last several weeks - I wonder if you have any idea what a treasure this blog is, and how much one appreciates your remarkably discerning eye...)
The UNTOLD GAZE is a large format fine art book - 11x11 inches hardbound, 160 pages, full color - a collection of almost ninety of Stephen's paintings paired with short fiction and poetry inspired by his work. Included among the thirty-three authors are Lidia Yuknavitch, Tom Spanbauer, Monica Drake, Sam Roxas-Chua, and Whitney Otto. Click on the image above if you'd like more information on how to purchase the book.
Stephen O’Donnell is a mid-career fine artist, writer, and singer/performer. His paintings are widely collected, both in this country and abroad. Entirely self-taught, he is best known for his self-portraits, paintings which typically employ gender ambiguity and a lot of droll humor. His work most often exemplifies what is known as a portrait historié, in which a recognizable subject is portrayed in period costume or mythological guise, to dramatic or comic effect. He is also known for his small paintings of animals. His work – both literary and visual – has appeared in the literary magazines/journals Nailed, Menacing Hedge, Buckmxn Journal, and Gertrude. He is married to writer and graphic designer Gigi Little, with whom he sometimes performs. Their book, The Untold Gaze – a collection of Stephen’s paintings paired with short fiction by 33 authors – was published in October of 2018. They live in Portland, Oregon with their dog Nicholas.
She really was impossibly beautiful - and can one imagine anyone more ideally proportioned for '30s clothes?
ReplyDelete(And, as I've been meaning to add these last several weeks - I wonder if you have any idea what a treasure this blog is, and how much one appreciates your remarkably discerning eye...)
Golly! That's so sweet. And - you - have no idea how much I appreciate your kind words. Thank you!
DeleteRICO!
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
ReplyDeleteI've read where Marlene Dietrich thought Delores Del Rio was "The most beautiful woman in Hollywood."
ReplyDelete