Mitsuno Reedy 09/17/2021
Description
Mitsuno Reedy, a Japanese portrait artist who specializes in pastel alla prima work, discusses her early life growing up in Osaka with a knack for art and living with her widowed mother after World War II. Reedy recalls Japan as unfriendly against children of single mothers, eventually leaving after marrying an American medical student in Kansas City. She later moved to Lubbock, Texas where she began taking classes at Lubbock Arts School while finding success painting portraits in the mall. After moving to Norman, Reedy describes establishing her own studio and moving into bigger commission work for subjects such as Luciano Pavarotti and Ada Fisher. She also talks about her time in Philadelphia studying art and her activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Date(s) | 9/17/2021 |
| Call Number | WIA_011 |
| Subjects | Pastel portraits, Lubbock Arts School, Immigrant women artists Alla prima painting--Technique, Art schools, Artists, Interviews, Japanese American artists, Pastel drawing, Pavarotti Luciano |
| Interviewee(s) | Mitsuno Reedy |
| Interviewer(s) | Julie Pearson-Little Thunder |