![]() ![]() ![]() I think my painters could not have painted without their French dimension encouraging them to be themselves in their work. My husband and I are both fluent in French, so I couldn't ignore the strong French thread running through the lives, experiences, and work of many of the twentieth-century black painters whose work I liked, e.g., Palmer Hayden, Hale Woodruff, Romare Bearden, Robert Colescott. I have a long involvement with France, starting with junior year abroad in 1962-63 in Bordeaux and 1996-1997 in Paris. She also shared the following reflection on Beauford's life and work: His portraits of James Baldwin taught me that a portrait needn't try to mimic the look of the sitter in order to convey power and affection. One clear influence is my use of cadmium yellow as a base coat for paintings of people to give the painting overall warmth, a kind of humanity. I asked Nell how the greater body of Beauford's work has influenced her art. (2014) Digital and manual collage on paper ![]()
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