Daybook The Journal Of An Artist Anne Truitt by Anne Truitt 9781476744056, 147674405X instant download after payment.

"I am an artist. Even to write it makes me feel deeply uneasy."

Renowned American artist Anne Truitt kept this illuminating and inspiring journal over a period of seven years, determined to come to terms with the forces that shaped her art and life. Her range of sensitivity - moral, intellectual, sensual, emotional, and spiritual - is remarkably broad. 

She recalls her childhood on the eastern shore of Maryland, her career change from psychology to art, and her path to a sculptural practice that would “set colour free in three dimensions.” She reflects on the generous advice of other artists, watches her own daughters’ journey into motherhood, meditates on criticism and solitude, and struggles to find the way to express her vision. 

Resonant and true, encouraging and revelatory, Anne Truitt guides herself - and her readers - through a life in which domestic activities and the needs of children and friends are constantly juxtaposed against the world of colour and abstract geometry to which she is drawn in her art. 

"Truitt, a Washington-based sculptor, may only please a very special audience with her art--which is severely conceptualist, totally uncompromising. But this journal, spanning seven years and filled with reflections on Truitt's many roles (artist, mother, breadwinner, woman alone), is another matter entirely: winning, lucent, frequently written with elegance, and broadly appealing."  -  Kirkus Reviews

Beautifully written and a rare window into the workings of a creative mind, Daybook: The Journal Of An Artist showcases an extraordinary artist whose insights generously and succinctly illuminate the artistic process.