Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Artemesia, now seventeen, wants to be a painter.
Unfortunately it is 17th century Rome, and women, as property, are not allowed a voice, let alone a career. Each night though, she climbs the stairs to the dimly lit studio, correcting her father’s painting so they will sell.
Then her father’s allows a reknown painter to instruct her, hoping to earn a commission from him. Artemesia hopes for romance.
Interspersed with her mother’s Biblical stories of Judith and Susannah (as you have never understood them), she finds the strength to fight back. But at what price?
The amount and imagery of blood in the stories make this one reason it is a difficult read. McCullough based this novel on the true story of Artemisia Gentileschi, and the written accounts of her trial. Recommended for readers ages 14 and up.
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