Art for Romantics: Patricia Cronin, Memorial to a Marriage, 2002-12

Romance is just as present in art as it is in literature – so for St Valentine’s Day, The Art Doctor is prescribing you a strengthening dose of the heavy stuff: true love, WITH obstacles.
Read my friend Kate’s defence of Romance as a literary genre, and get her top picks for great V-day reads:
https://www.booktopia.com.au/blog/2018/10/17/what-does-romance-look-like-in-2018-by-kate-cuthbert/
Kate’s Romance Recommendations:
If you're looking to get started in romance, it might make sense to start with what you do like to read!
Mostly literary fiction? Try Love Lettering by Kate Clayborne
Love Science Fiction? You should definitely be picking up Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik
Want a bit of fantasy? - try Uprooted by Naomi Novik or Song of Blood and Stone by L. Penelope
Looking for crime? Whiteout by Adriana Anders
Historical Fiction? The Perfect Rake by Anne Gracie is a great gateway book, but don't sleep on Courtney Milan
Political? Reach for Nalini Singh's Slave to Sensation, the first in an expansive series with tremendous world-building and political intrigue
High drama? Alisha Rai's Forbidden Hearts series begins with Hate to Want You
Love a Royal? Check out Alyssa Cole's Reluctant Royals
LGBTQIA+? KJ Charles & Olivia Waite for historical; check out Red, White and Royal Blue and Boyfriend Material for more contemporary stories

More on Patricia Cronin and Memorial to a Marriage:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Cronin
https://hyperallergic.com/37601/memorial-to-a-marriage-woodlawn-cemetery-patricia-cronin/
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/kass-cronin-art-and-modern-love-1732572

***This video was made on the unceded land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation. I pay my respects to their elders – past, present and emerging.***