The Gallery
(Last updated 20 Sep 2001)
A woman of many interests is our plucky Stella Winters. Let's see ...
Even as a child, her adoptive parents knew there was something a little special about their Stella. |
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Quite the movie fan, Stella got to meet Clark Gable in 1945. "A d***ed impressive young woman," the Hollywood Hearthrob noted. |
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During a break in the Berlin Airlift, an exhausted Stella contemplates the grey sadness of life beyond the Iron Curtain. |
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This Capri Pants/T-Blouse look, designed by Stella, is taking Paris by storm this 1956 season. "I like wearing dresses just fine," says this designer doll, "but there are times I like to be comfortable, too." |
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| "There never seem to be enough vases at home to hold all the flowers people send me," Stella says with a smile. "Not that I'm complaining, mind you." |  |
| "There's been talk about a comic book of my life," Stella mentions to this journalist. "That might be fun." |  |
"It was really quite an honor," the modest Woman of the Year told reporters. "Though I sort of wish they wouldn't teach children poor grammar with headlines like that." She laughed. |
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Then it's back to work for this talented young lady. She has a manuscript due to the publishers this Friday on physical fitness, and she needs to finish it before she heads off on a vacation of mountain climbing in exotic Nepal. "Of course, from what I saw there last time, I suspect I'll have to add a chapter or two when I get back." |
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Self-Portraits
"I've always found art to be an interesting way to 'see the world as others see it,' to paraphrase Burns. Here are some self-portaits I've done over the years."
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"Doktor Bund has a few original Muchas, and I've always loved his style. Here's something I did as an homage to him, sort of a Sarah Bernhard riff." |
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"I did this one of myself in costume for Juliet, though it actually looks more like Ophelia to me." |
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"I did this off of an old photograph of me. I've always wondered what I was thinking in that photo." |
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"This one's a little embarrassing. It was in college, and I got John to dress up in that ridiculous wig, and tried to do the romantic, Greek, Alma-Tadema sort of bit. Looks a bit coquettish for my taste, in retrospect." |
