American - Author | January 20, 1946 - August 23, 2017
I write about art out of gratitude to painters for the joy and spiritual uplift they have given me. Painters interpret for us the visual glories of God and, in this way, bring us closer to Him.
Susan Vreeland
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Archival and published history does not always record personal relationships of historical figures, so characters must be invented to allow the subject to reveal their interior realm through intimate interaction.
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Color has always been important to me, ever since my first deluxe box of Crayolas.
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When I learned that near Roussillon there were ochre quarries and mines from which was extracted the ore which produced pigments in all the warm hues of the color wheel, I had a substantial artistic link to this region beyond mere love.
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Art history looks at art works and the people who have created them.
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I made my personal discovery of Emily Carr while visiting Victoria in 1981 to write a travel article. Immediately, her strong colors attracted me; her spunk fascinated me. Her down-to-earth voice in her writing appealed to me as authentic and original.
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Whatever it is that can help to bring God close is something to be revered.
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There is so much strife and tension in the world that I find the silent world of paintings from the past both hopeful and healing.
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To me, art begets art. Painting feeds the eye just as poetry feeds the ear, which is to say that both feed the soul.
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Landscape is more than flat land covered by floodwater, the seeping of peat bogs, a river of liquid pewter viewed from a sentry tower. It's an influence on what a person values, what she is willing to sacrifice or argue for.
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I ventured into fiction in 1988 with 'What Love Sees,' a biographical novel of a woman's unwavering determination to lead a full life despite blindness.
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Each time we enter imaginatively into the life of another, it's a small step upwards in the elevation of the human race.
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