Gwen John — Welsh Artist born on June 22, 1876, died on September 18, 1939

Gwendolen Mary John was a Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones. Although she was overshadowed during her lifetime by her brother Augustus John, her reputation has grown steadily since her death... (wikipedia)

To be reserved, secretive, with a passionate violence that causes suffering.
In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow.
Aloneness is nearer God, nearer reality.
When I was a child, I used to cry all the time.