Doris McCarthy: My Life-ebook : My Life

Name: Doris McCarthy: My Life-ebook
Brand: Second Story Press
SKU: 9781926739175
Price: 12.99 CAD
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By Doris McCarthy

With Charis Wahl

$12.99

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E-book – EPUB

A wonderfully frank look at a life lived within beauty and without regret. McCarthy’s sense of artistry, transmitted over a sixty-year painting career, celebrates multiple beauties of everyday life.

Praise & Recognition

Filled with delightful stories, this is an essential addition to Canadian, artistic and women's history. Globe and Mail

"Filled with personal anecdotes and photographs that celebrate life in the Muskokas... 90 Years Wise is a professional resource book that will appeal to visual arts teachers, especially at the intermediate level."

ETFO Voice

"[McCarthy] captures, in simple details and observations, the laconic rhythms of cottage life."

Quill & Quire

"A respect for life, an understanding of the individual's place in the world, all served up with comments from this wise woman make this an entertaining read... for the cottage or in the city!"

Vie des Arts Magazine

"An easy, relaxing read, dedicated to all the people who share her love of Georgian Bay and the simplicity that goes with cottage life. It's a perfect book to take to the cottage. Better still, let it take you there."

Lifestyles

Details

Publication Date: January 1, 2006

Product Format: E-book – EPUB

Pages: 254

ISBN: 978-1-926739-17-5

Weight: 0

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About the Author

Doris McCarthy

Doris McCarthy was a great painter who produced an unparalleled body of work, was the first woman President of the Ontario Society of Artists, taught some of Canada’s most distinguished creative people, and was a mentor for many artists. A key figure in this Canada’s art scene since the 1920s, McCarthy experimented with, and contributed to, major art developments throughout the 20th century.

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