**The solitary surrealism of Gertrude Abercrombie** https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_solitary_surrealism_of_gertrude_abercrombie ![[The striped Blouse.jpg]] Self Portrait, 1940 Her solitary style of [[surrealism]] often included lonely self-portraits and nocturnal images of cats and owls. A quote attributed to Abercrombie shed some light on the starkly beautiful visions of the artist and how she came to create them: >“I am not interested in complicated things nor in the commonplace, I like to paint simple things that are a little strange. My work comes directly from my inner consciousness, and it must come easily.” `Concepts:` `Knowledge Base:`