By
elizabeth patch, on April 7th, 2009
My “More to Love”cover girl, a goddess floating on a heart-shaped seashell , while roses drift about in the wind, is an homage to the amazing painting
The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli
She was one of my very first illustrations, before I decided she would be on the cover,
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By
elizabeth patch, on August 23rd, 2008
Here is the cover design I’ve been working on: a variation of my Goddess of Love illustration, inspired by Botticcelli’s “Birth of Venus”, which I was so fortunate to see in person last summer.She took my breath away, and after all those years of teaching art history, to actually see
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By
elizabeth patch, on November 21st, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving! One of my favorite holidays: all of the traditional foods, time spent with family, but none of the stress of gift giving! Its a busy time for divorced/blended families like ours: lots of traveling to various houses and relatives. North Carolina this year with my husband’s family (
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By
elizabeth patch, on November 18th, 2007
Here is the Goddess of More to Love, with great debt owed to Sandro Botticelli. When I actually saw his painting at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence this summer, I almost fell on my knees in awe. All my life I’ve known her only through reproductions, and to walk into
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