Purgatory, Melody Asbury, Amer., (B. 1948) New Acquisition and extending the wall to

and extending the wall to plate edge  at left

and her prints are in included in the collections of the Library of Congress and Metropolitan Museum of Art

two old brown paper tape hinge remnants to top margin

on thin buff wove paper

Purgatory, Melody Asbury, Amer., (B. 1948) New Acquisition and extending the wall toColor Monotype, 2022, 14 x 11, signed, annotated Monotype and titled in pencil, on warm white wove paper 22 x 14 3 4. Melody Asbury gravtated towards art and nature at an early age. Her mother was an artist, and creativity was encouraged. Professional study while in her teens led to portrait commissions and work as a courroom artist. Moving to rural Woobbury, CT, the subject of her portraits evolved from native Americans to animals; whom she has drawn