THE ART OF HER LIFE
New Book by Cynthia Newberry Martin
Artist Talk & Book Signing: Tuesday, June 6th 6PM-7:30PM
Description of The Art of Her Life:
At nine years old, on her first visit to a museum, Emily fell in love with Breakfast, a painting by Henri Matisse. Now a single mother, she lives in the world of art and can barely find time for her two daughters, much less for Mark, the man she loves. Her days are a jumble—she’s lost the thread of her life—but a contest at the museum where she’s the registrar gives her hope—the chance to see Breakfast again. Matisse’s words and paintings permeate her days and nights, and glancing at a note card of the painting she loves, she sees something she’s never seen before. The Art of Her Life shows the power of art to transform an ordinary life.
This event launches Martin’s third novel, The Art of Her Life, in conjunction
with Massad’s 2023 art show and explores the inspiration and unexpected
connections that arise from the combination of art + words.
Attend the show and watch as, together, each art form
rises to a new dimension, language amplifies our engagement with art, and
visual forms emerge from the written word.
“The Art of Her Life” shows the power of art to transform life.
WORD
Bio:
Cynthia Newberry Martin’s first novel, Tidal Flats, won the Gold Medal in Literary Fiction at the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards and the 14th Annual National Indie Excellence Award for Fiction. Her website features the How We Spend Our Days series, over a decade of essays by writers on their lives. She grew up in Atlanta and now lives in Columbus, Georgia, with her husband, and in Provincetown, Massachusetts, in a little house by the water. Her second novel, Love Like This, will be published in April of 2023, and her third novel, The Art of Her Life, will be published in June.
https://www.cynthianewberrymartin.com/
ART
"We live in intrepid times. My wish is to add smiles to hearts and faces. Each painting is created holding that spirit. Hope you enjoy."
A lifelong painter, Massad has studied at Worcester Art Museum, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Fine Arts Work Center and Castle Hill. With Provincetown as her touchstone, Marilyn has traveled in Africa, Europe, the Middle East Central America and the United States, particularly California and New Mexico.
For more information, visit
https://www.marilynmassad.com/fineart
Marilyn Massad Art Bio - 2023
A lifelong painter with roots in Worcester and Provincetown, MA, Marilyn Massad studied at the
Worcester Art Museum, the Provincetown Art Association Museum, the Fine Arts Work Center, and Castle Hill. With Provincetown as her touchstone, her travels and inspiration have taken her to Africa, Europe, the Middle East Central America, and road tripping around the United States.
World travels inspire this artist’s colors and shapes, which bloom as imagined externalized landscapes of emotional victories, lovers, hopes, and dreams. Vibrant to muted, the hues span the array of the visible spectrum of light and emotion, and the playful use of scale offers the occasional riddle—is that a shadow or a pathway or a garden gate? Marilyn’s art is a gentle, moving reminder that the most important and eternal garden one can cultivate is within. In her words, “Worcester gave me grit, Provincetown, style. My happiness, my satisfaction and my fulfillment are up to me. It’s a blessing to be able to paint and to shift my vision to something to aspire to.”
From finger painting to macramé to textile art, watercolor, pastels, oils, and acrylic, her artwork mirrors as many roads, twists, and turns as she has taken.
She is currently working with acrylic and oil on canvas.