My daughter’s art is all over my house; not only in the lovely, humorous drawings and paintings that hang in almost every room, but in one of my favorite of Cedar’s creations : flames painted around a bathroom mirror. It is so tongue in cheek, full of fun and typically “Cedar.”
But this portrait of Ethel Barrymore is also typical- I have sketch books full of her delicately crafted pencil drawings. Many of them portray actors and actresses from the golden age of film-her favorite decades of the ’20s through the ’40s. Cedar taught me a lot about film and it evolved into a shared passion. The window she opened into the deco art and film of this period has been a lasting gift for my husband and me.
Cedar and I had a mutual fan club. I admired her art, she cheered on mine. Our relationship was not only mother and daughter, but one of peers. I was extraordinarily lucky to have been chosen to share her short life.
And I think I became a better artist for knowing and loving her.Regaining joy after her passing was made easier, surrounded by the lovely, funny and sensitive artwork she left behind. – Merry Rosenfield
Ethel Barrymore by Cedar Rosenfield
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