Mother’s Pietà
by Lee Nowell-Wilson
Charcoal and graphite on paper, 36 x 48 inches. 2021.
GLB-2021-1
Acquired into the GLB Art Collection October 2021.
Lee Nowell-Wilson (b. 1989) is an American figurative artist based in Baltimore, MD. She earned her BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2011. She has participated in artist residencies with Stay Home Gallery in Tennessee (2021), the Street Art School in Lyon, France (2015) and Creative Paradox in Maryland (2011). Her work has exhibited nationally and internationally, most notably Scotland, New York City and the Susquehanna Art Museum in Harrisburg, PA, and is part of the permanent collection of the GLB Memorial Fund. In 2019, she founded MILKED, a self-published magazine project that features artwork by women artists investigating the maternal figure and form. Her own work has featured in several publications including The Northwest Review, Create! Magazine and the forthcoming book “An Artist and a Mother” to be published by Demeter Press in 2023.
Photo by Zeb Potler