Purgatory, Melody Asbury, Amer., (B. 1948)

Color Monotype, 2022, 14 x 11, signed, annotated Monotype and titled in pencil, on warm white wove paper 22 x 14-3/4. Melody Asbury gravtated towards art and nature at an early age. Her mother was an artist, and creativity was encouraged. Professional study while in her teens led to portrait commissions and work as a courroom artist. Moving to rural Woobbury, CT, the subject of her portraits evolved from native Americans to animals; whom she has drawn and painted with great authority, empathy, and spiritual affinity. Recently, this spiritual awareness has turned inward towards herself and her journey in this world; often with animals as her guides or alter ego. These new works in monotype are challenging and exciting, unexpected and liberating.