The Paintings of Alice B. Sheldon

After reading this review of James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, I ordered the book -- and I just finished it. An amazing book, an amazing life.

Curious about her earlier years, I've been searching Google and today I bring you this extraordinary woman's art.

Few of Alli's works exist on the web. These I found at the biographer, Julie Phillips' site. (One imagines that since I'm having difficulty locating Tiptree works at the thrift stores -- where I am normally quite lucky with old paperbacks -- that the art must be under lock and key. And for good reason.


In 1939, Alice (then Alice Davey) submitted a nude self-portrait to an exhibition of American painting at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. This photo is from the show's catalog.

This next one I love the most, and not just for the nude woman either ;)


I love the lines, the darkness of it all. There's something tortured, yet warm about it. According to Phillips this watercolor is part of a series in which one of the others depicts soldiers marching beneath a monstrous caricature of Hitler.

I continue to search for and read more Tiptree Jr, et all. Of course, I shall post where I've consumed more ;)