Art is the Solution

The Open Window Source: Wikimedia Commons There are some themes that are universal in art. Over the centuries, artists have returned again and again to the motif of a figure gazing out a window. This theme is especially common in Western art, where it often implies anticipation, curiosity, and other outgoing, external characteristics or emotions. The Open Window is an example of one such painting. The piece was created by Elizabeth Okie Paxton. Today, Okie Paxton is best known as a painter of the Boston school, a group of Bostonain painters who focused on portraying interior scenes or landscapes in a painterly, almost impressionistic style. Although it was unusual for women in general to become painters, it was relatively common in Boston, where there were many artists willing to take on female students. The style of the Boston school was eminently suitable for a female artist, as women were usually constrained to painting domestic scenes. Although Okie Paxton focused on these interior...