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

Emily Dickinson was born on December 10, 1830, in Amherst, Massachusetts. She studied at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in South Hadley for a year. She admired the poetry of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, as well as John Keats. Upon her death, Dickinson's family discovered forty handbound volumes of nearly 1,800 poems, or "fascicles" as they are sometimes called. Dickinson assembled these booklets by folding and sewing five or six sheets of stationery paper and copying what seem to be final versions of poems. My hope is that you’ll explore her work, she was way ahead of her time. Her prolific body of work, though written in isolation, has gone on to touch many souls.

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.