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african american artist: a life of color and ecstasy georgia speller, an african american artist, left an indelible mark on the art world with her dynamic drawings and paintings on paper. born in 1931 in aberdeen, mississippi, georgia's artistic journey began at a young age. encouraged by her husband, henry speller, she honed her craft, leading to a body of work that is both ecstatic and revelatory. artistic themes and style georgia's oeuvre is characterized by orgiastic scenes of nature, often featuring the simultaneous presence of the moon and sun in the sky. her works also depict women as…
A chart of Georgia Speller's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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