This web site traces my life as an artist. Born in 1930, I started making art seriously in 1948 and have been at it ever since. Now at my time of life, I wanted to step back and get an overview of what subjects, material, and methods have engaged me during this long journey.
Also an important part of this presentation, for which I’m extremely grateful, are the good friends and brilliant writers who over the years have contributed essays and poems in response to my work. I’ve included them in the website under Poems and Essays: Molly Bendall, Brenda Hillman, Carol Muske, and David St. John–wonderful poets–and Dorothy Gallagher, Selma Holo, Frances Lerner, Tom Lutz, and my husband Leo Braudy with insightful and thoughtful essays.
I’ve arranged the sections in several different categories: two sections of Early Work, Subjects (portraits, landscapes, etc.), Mediums (watercolor, plaster, photos, etc), and the shows I have had over the years with specific themes (Film Noir, Breaking Light, etc).
One gift of the invention of the internet is the opportunity for me to bring together the artistic work of a lifetime in what I hope is easy access. Enjoy your visit!
Bio
Dorothy (McGahee) Braudy was born in Los Angeles and raised in Kentucky. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, she received an M.F.A. from New York University and taught for many years at Pratt Institute, the University of Maryland, and Goucher College. Her work, which includes painting, photography, and printmaking, has been shown in New York, Washington, Baltimore, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, and is included in many private and public collections. A career retrospective of her work was presented at the Ellen Kim Murphy Gallery in Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, in 2000. Later shows include “Marking Time” (2005) and “Double Feature” (2007) at the Hamilton Galleries, Santa Monica. In 2010, she exhibited a one-person show at Northeastern University in Boston as part of the conference “Art and Memory.” In 2014, she collaborated in New York with her son, David Fitzgerald, and her grandson, Travis Fitzgerald, in a show called “(3) Generations.” In 2021, at the Viridian Gallery in New York she held a two-person show with the David called “Alone Together.”