Make-Up Artist Sketchbook

Sheep are as much a commonplace of the English countryside as hedgerows, but Moore looked at them afresh. Here are ewes nurturing their lambs, lambs playing in the meadow, and the swollen stateliness of sheep with full coats of wool. Many of the sketches evoke themes that are important in all Moore's work. The depiction of a ewe and lamb, for instance, suggests the mother-and-child theme often evoked in Moore's sculpture by a large form sheltering a smaller one.

In this collection of essays, the author discusses life in the South, her relatives and neighbors, "what happens when her Mama decides to train a taxidermist to cook, . . . teaching school with the help of the Titanic and a one-eared intellectual, . . . Rosey's juke joint, the pride of being a volunteerfirefighter, {and} the old fold-up bed Mama saves for visitors." (Publisher's note) Portions of this book have appeared in different form in such publications as Smithsonian, Tropic, and Northeast...