Fay Martin Chandler, Debut, 1994. Mixed media on canvas. 68 x 45 inches.
Born in 1923 in Norfolk, Virginia.
Fay Chandler came to art in her early forties after her fourth child
was born. Chandler grew up in the South where she defied social norms
required of a "proper lady." "I was always wondering why women were given
such a particular role--at least in the South," she says. "I rather liked
the idea of shocking people, of doing something people wouldn't expect."