Looking back at her lengthy career just four years before her death, modernist painter Nell Blaine said, "Art is Central to my life.
In 1957 Blaine was hailed by Life magazine as someone to.
And then there was her gender.
Not being able to make or see art would be a major deprivation." The Virginia native\'s creative path began early, and, during the course of her life, she overcame significant barriers in her quest to make and even see art, including serious vision problems, polio, and paralysis.
Looking back at her lengthy career just four years before her death, modernist painter Nell Blaine said, "Art is Central to my life