Maria Lassnig — Austrian Artist born on September 08, 1919, died on May 06, 2014

Maria Lassnig was an Austrian artist known for her painted self-portraits and her theory of "body awareness". She was the first female artist to win the Grand Austrian State Prize in 1988 and was awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art in 2005. Lassnig lived and taught in Vienna from 1980 until her death... (wikipedia)

When I was young, I was clever enough to know that if I got married or had children, I would be eaten.
I do remember when it occurred to me the first time, when I got the idea of painting the way I feel at a given moment. I was sitting in a chair and felt it pressing against me. I still have the drawings where I depicted the sensation of sitting.
I possess a strong sense of reason.