by luke | Mar 7, 2020 | Finding Zoë Through Her Art
When my grandfather died and we were cleaning out his house, we found pictures of Jeff, Zoë’s ex-husband before my dad. Nobody had a lot to say about Jeff when I inquired, just that he was “a good guy,” and “definitely handsome,” and how he’d “got into some sort of...
by luke | Mar 7, 2020 | Finding Zoë Through Her Art
My aunt explained to me that Zoë was obsessed with Pointillism and took a lot of inspiration from Seurat and Van Gogh. Zoë would employ this technique regularly in birthday cards and love notes as can be seen in this Mother’s Day gift Zoë gave to her mother....
by luke | Mar 7, 2020 | Finding Zoë Through Her Art
There are at least three original Butterflies, each very different. Each clearly showing Zoë’s practiced and improved art skills. In my opinion, the Butterfly was an homage to her disease, Lupus. A symptom of Lupus is getting red or dark cheeks that resemble the shape...
by luke | Mar 7, 2020 | Finding Zoë Through Her Art
On my way to Pat’s house to deliver the Woodpecker, I stopped for a night at the Harris household in Folsom, California. I got to know the Harris family when I crashed the memorial of their recently deceased grandmother and shared a number of teary-eyed drinks with...
by luke | Mar 7, 2020 | Finding Zoë Through Her Art
The original of this picture was not signed by Zoë. It was one of the few of which she made lithographic copies. She would make small additions with a very sharp pencil, and then personally sign it with a message to the recipient. For this reason you don’t see a...
by luke | Mar 7, 2020 | Finding Zoë Through Her Art
An unexpected result of collecting these pictures is figuring out what to do with them. Where they could go to continue their story? It seemed unfair to me that I would be the only one to have them, so I decided that each piece of art would have a guardian. A guardian...
