Save the Date: Author Talk
Flower Diary: In Which Mary Hiester Reid Paints, Travels, Marries, and Opens a Door
by Molly PeacockTuesday, March 1, 7:00 p.m. on Zoom
Learn the history of neglected painter Mary Hiester Reid, a trailblazing artist who refused to choose between
marriage and a career. After she married fellow artist George Reid, Mary returned with him to his home
country of Canada. There she created over 300 stunning still life and landscape paintings, inhabiting a rich, if sometimes difficult, marriage, coping with a younger
rival, exhibiting internationally, and becoming
well-reviewed. Reid studied in Paris, traveled in Spain, and divided her time between Canada and the United States where she lived among America’s Arts and Crafts movement titans. She left few written records; rather, her art became her diary and Flower Diary unfolds with an artwork for each episode of her life. Registration is
required. Go to the Calendar of Events at www.yarmouthlibraries.org to sign up, or call the library at (508) 760-4820, and we will send you a Zoom link.