This week two new art books arrived in the post ....

The first was Martha Sielman's new publication 'Art Quilts International - Abstract and Geometric' ......

While I always enjoy looking at art quilt collections, this publication goes one step further! In addition to 300 beautiful images of art quilts the book includes interviews with 29 artists including many of my favorite artists ....Diedre Adams, Fumiko Nakayama, Sue Benner, Judy Hooworth ... to name a few. The interviews cover the artists inspirations, techniques and challenges .... most interesting reading!

The second book is Hilary Spurling's 'Matisse - The Master' ..... this is the second volume of the Matisse biography ....

I haven't ventured into artist biographies before, and while I have only read the first couple of chapters of this book, I can't put it down!

One of the reviewers sums up the book as follows ........

" A superb read, and presents fresh and revealing material at every turn" ... Frank Whitford, Sunday Times

I'd love to hear about any recommendations you might have for other good artist biographies ......

Thanks for reading ....CC