Why You'll Love It:

Deeply Relatable Theme: explore universal and timeless emotions - love and heartbreak - through powerful and moving artworks
Accessible & Easy To Read: written for art lovers and newcomers alike, this book offers an accessible, refreshing, and approachable take on art history
Visually Stunning: filled with beautiful and captivating illustrations, each page immerses you in the emotional depths of an artwork
Compact & Non-Linear: a book you can easily carry with you and revisit again and again whenever you need a dose of reflection, healing, inspiration, or emotional catharsis
Diverse Perspectives: includes known and relatively unknown female artists, offering fresh insights, and celebrating voices that are often underrepresented in art history
Perfect for Gift Giving: a great gift for anyone who appreciates art, storytelling, or who is currently experiencing the pain of heartbreak

My Book
Love, Heartbreak, & Tragedy in Art

Ghismunda clutches the heart of her murdered lover. Biblis collapses under the weight of heartbreak. King Pedro unearths the corpse of his one true love six years after her death.

This book contains a personally curated selection of artworks that tell stories that will shock, sadden, and move you. United by the theme of heartbreak and tragedy, they provide a cathartic and therapeutic release of intense emotion - a purging that only art is able to incite.

Why You'll Love It:

This art diary invites you to engage directly with artworks you encounter in person, encouraging you to reflect on and record your personal responses to them
Through this process, you’ll become an active observer - someone who doesn’t just see art, but truly experiences it
Compact and portable, this art diary is perfect to take with you on your visits to museums, galleries, and historic sites

Inside This Art Diary, You'll Find:

Generous blank spaces to sketch artworks and the details from them that catch your eye
Open-ended prompts that guide close looking, encourage reflection, and inspire curiosity
Space for 50 artworks

This Art Diary Is Ideal For:

Casual art lovers and museum-goers
Anyone interested in learning how to better observe and appreciate art
Those looking for fresh ways to engage with art

Dear Art Diary

Dear Art Diary is an interactive journal designed to help you look at and connect with art more deeply.

As an art historian, one of the most important lessons I’ve learned in my career is that the simplest, yet often most forgotten way to appreciate art is to really look at it and let your mind wander. Facts, context, and history are all valuable, but the true joy of art lies in what happens when you observe with your own eyes, listen to your emotional response, and form your own interpretations.

That’s exactly what this art diary is here to help you do.