Hers were the first brushstrokes I ever recognized... One day I turned the corner of a museum I was visiting for the first time, and I just knew that the massive painting before me was hers. It seemed that the hours… instagram.com/p/B39dfkSFayb/…

There is just something about Joan Mitchell's paintings… bold, demanding, and, to borrow a word from the country she loved, sauvage. I love the movement and depth of her brushstrokes, the way in which her colors tell… instagram.com/p/B4ADcQEFucA/…

Visit matronsandmistresses.com (link in bio) to read more about Joan Mitchell and how her words and her art shifted my thinking around authenticity _ #outarting #womenofthearts #matronsandmistresses #femaleartist… instagram.com/p/B4CuEE4lhaB/…

“I love it that I am made small by painting over and over again, every time I go to it. I think that’s why when I was in college, I shifted into art and into painting in particular, because I felt it would be the… instagram.com/p/B4SKRksFuD5/…

"I have that little voice in the back of my mind, ‘Oh, I’ve worked really hard and I’m exhausted… Can you do a little bit more? Can you do a little bit more? Can you do ten more minutes? Can you get it to the next… instagram.com/p/B4Uu0iVFv-7/…

Luckily, for us and for you, we were able to talk #HeatherGordon into a short break from painting to speak with us about her work and her journey as an artist. Visit matronsandmistresses.com to read her interview… instagram.com/p/B4XS1wKFlLa/…

Born in Bourges, France in 1841, the great-great-niece of the acclaimed Rococo painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Berthe Morisot was showing in Salon de Paris by the age of 23. Her teacher, Joseph Guichard, had been… instagram.com/p/B4htQBGlnLN/…

For the past few months, I have picked up weekly the wonderful catalogues that my friend gave me of Berthe Morisot’s work and been drawn into her art and her story. While sometimes I feel I get lost in an artist’s… instagram.com/p/B4kS-xWFG5x/…

Because she believed “it is important to express oneself…provided that feelings are real and are taken from your own experience,” she painted what she knew—her friends, her family, her full life. Berthe Morisot’s art… instagram.com/p/B4m295EluOH/…

All my life, I was taught the power of eye contact- its ability to connect, to show respect, to reassure someone that you were with them and they with you. I have been the dorky girl who tripped off a curb because a… instagram.com/p/B4z3WJblZFF/…

"This is a very special body of work for me. It was also one of the hardest to bring about, because it followed an earlier Sydney solo show and various group shows in between. I'm used to working on a deadline, but… instagram.com/p/B5FwNXDFqRl/…

“I like to represent women in their times of strength, with grace and vulnerability that I believe is courageous.” – Clare Rojas clarerojasart holds her art sacred. Through her paintings, drawings and… instagram.com/p/B5-blMwFOin/…

minalea3333 and lizziemcnairy were first introduced through the North Carolina Museum of Art, where Mina serves as a docent and a wonderful Matron. It was she who first introduced Lizzie to the magical world of ceramics and glass…… instagram.com/p/B7bGohEFhky/…

"I think the most important thing is to pick something you love, read about it, talk to people as much as you can, go to visit artists and makers whenever you can. Then if you’re serious about having a quote/unquote… instagram.com/p/B7dx_QuFfv4/…

In her second show with nightgallery, The Pull of the Sun, clairetabouret shifts her gaze towards those she holds most dear. With an “obsession and need to represent the surface of a face,” Claire brings her… instagram.com/p/B9UPgkLlF6U/…

At Matrons & Mistresses our hearts go out to everyone who is suffering from the effect of illness and/or the fear and anxiety that has arisen in such uncertain times. Please stay safe and take care of yourself and… instagram.com/p/B9sHsS3lmqm/…

At Matrons & Mistresses our hearts go out to everyone who is suffering from the effect of illness and/or the fear and anxiety that has arisen in such uncertain times. Please stay safe and take care of yourself and… instagram.com/p/B9sHuuQluzf/…

At Matrons & Mistresses our hearts go out to everyone who is suffering from the effect of illness and/or the fear and anxiety that has arisen in such uncertain times. Please stay safe and take care of yourself and… instagram.com/p/B9sHxoFl3jP/…