Soft Pastel painting measuring 3”x3” and mounted in a 9”x9” mat with backing support.

Agnès Martin-Lugand (born 1979) is a French novelist who gained fame with “Les Gens Heureux Lisent et Boivent du Café”/ “Happy People Read and Drink Coffee”. By 2017, her five novels had clocked up sales of two million worldwide, making her the most popular novelist in France. I grabbed a copy of this book because I long to sit at a French bistro one day and drink coffee oohlala, 📚☕️ but what surprised me was the story was fantastic! And book two was just as good. The story is about a French woman who owns a book store in Paris. Her husband and daughter die in a tragic accident. She rents a cottage on coastal Ireland to heal for one year. What she finds there is love. Enter in, the brooding Irish photographer. It’s a fantastic read, one you read slowly because you don’t want it to end.

Each painting in this 40-day collection, Skies The Limit, is named after a famous female writer or poet who has taught me an important lesson or challenged my philosophy on life. This list includes women like Elizabeth, Charlotte, Emily, Maya, Mary, Jane, Danielle, and Sylvia whose last names are unnecessary.

I'm drawn to skies for many reasons. While growing up, my sisters and I would stare at the clouds and watch animals and faces appear as they floated by. My parents always had us outdoors and showed us how to take time to pause and notice the sunsets or sunrises. Skies depict emotions and moods. You can have a very dark stormy sky (my favorite) or a bright blue billowy, cloudy sky. I love them all and I hope you do, too. Or, at least start to take notice of Mother Nature's beauty.

Painting will ship within two weeks with important care instructions on framing. Mat included.