The Horn Book called it "a powerful novel." Publishers Weekly wrote, "A haunting, stirring depiction of an unforgettable woman" and School Library Journal wrote, "McCullough’s beautifully crafted text will inspire upper-middle/high school readers to research the true story upon which this powerful piece of historical fiction is based. īlood Water Paint received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal.
She read transcripts from the rape trial, which had been translated into English, in her research. McCullough, whose background was as a playwright and not as a poet, first developed Blood Water Paint as a play that was produced in 2015. It is the tenth novel written by McCullough and it was the first of her books published. Its subject is Italian baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi, who was raped and took her attacker to court. Writing career īlood Water Paint is a verse novel of biographical fiction for young adults. She is best known for her verse novel Blood Water Paint. ★"Luminous.Joy McCullough is an American author of young adult fiction. ★"Haunting."- Publishers Weekly, starred review ★"Belongs on every YA shelf."- SLJ, starred review ★"A captivating and impressive."- Booklist, starred review McCullough weaves Artemisia's heartbreaking story with the stories of the ancient heroines, Susanna and Judith, who become not only the subjects of two of Artemisia's most famous paintings but sources of strength as she battles to paint a woman's timeless truth in the face of unspeakable and all-too-familiar violence. Joy McCullough's bold novel in verse is a portrait of an artist as a young woman, filled with the soaring highs of creative inspiration and the devastating setbacks of a system built to break her. But Rome in 1610 was a city where men took what they wanted from women, and in the aftermath of rape Artemisia faced another terrible choice: a life of silence or a life of truth, no matter the cost.
She was one of Rome's most talented painters, even if no one knew her name. Her mother died when she was twelve, and suddenly Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment for her father's paint.īy the time she was seventeen, Artemisia did more than grind pigment. "I will be haunted and empowered by Artemisia Gentileschi's story for the rest of my life."-Amanda Lovelace, bestselling author of the princess saves herself in this one
teems with raw emotion, and McCullough deftly captures the experience of learning to behave in a male-driven society and then breaking outside of it."- The New Yorker
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