Review: An inspiring memoir from a beautiful artist
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 5, 2014
Kathryn She'll is clearly a woman of many talents. An artist and a writer, she has produced a beautiful collection of works throughout her storied and studied life, compiled here in Portrait Art: Kathy Shell.Part memoir, part instructive, this book has more to offer than your everyday art book. I grew up with dreams of becoming an artist and have thus been subjected to many a monotonous art tutorial book. Shell has chosen to instead mix the memories of her life, examples of her artwork and even excerpts from her fiction efforts in with helpful tips for the budding artist.The result is a peaceful and dreamy collection that highlights well both who Shell is as an artist and what the reader's potential is to learn from her. I hope Shell finds room in her busy life to take an apprentice - she would have much to offer anyone striving to grow as an artist from her wealth of experience.