One of the great crimes of humanity was/is the lack of encouragement for women to make images. For thousands of years it was not even the lack of encouragement, but actual banishment.

I’ve been reading about the first images being cave paintings, only because they were somewhat protected from the elements, I’m sure there were other examples that were earlier, but they disappeared. It’s interesting how the writers never address the gender of the image makers. But I still get the opinion that in the writer’s opinion they were male.

I’m not so sure, the passage into the caves were quite small, easier for less muscled bodies. It has been assumed by some that entering the cave was some sort of

‘Rite of Passage’, or proving bravery by going in to view the images. I can see that, but it makes perfect sense that the leader of the campfire set everything up ahead of time.

In any case, until at least the 19th century there seems like one woman artist out of every hundred. I thought I would explore some of the lesser known in addition to the few famous.

These are tribute images, as I attempt to understand their images by re-imagining, so please look up their originals