My 100 Dresses

An on-going series of painting 100 women in dresses.

The Collection

Inspired by a beloved children's book, this collection of paintings and poems tells the intimate and beautiful stories of courage, hope, grief, and resilience shared within the feminine experience.

Andrea has completed paintings 1-29 in this series. Experience the artwork and poetry below.

Prints

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Without TearsWithout Tears
Without Tears Sale priceFrom $95.00
Settle into the RainSettle into the Rain
Settle into the Rain Sale priceFrom $95.00
The First Breath After the StormThe First Breath After the Storm
The First Breath After the Storm Sale priceFrom $95.00
A Dazzling RomanceA Dazzling Romance
A Dazzling Romance Sale priceFrom $95.00
A Grand StoryA Grand Story
A Grand Story Sale priceFrom $95.00
Golden GlimmersGolden Glimmers
Golden Glimmers Sale priceFrom $95.00

CHAPTER 4

The Mercy of Rain

Paintings 27-29
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Chapter 4, “The Mercy of Rain,” is a collection of three paintings and poems that tell the tender story of finding growth within the rainy seasons.
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CHAPTER 3

The Flower Harvest

Paintings 22-26
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Chapter 3, The Flower Harvest, is a challenge, gentle and firm, to both acknowledge our longings while choosing to live fully, wildly, and beautifully in our present.
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CHAPTER 2

The Audacity of Gardening

Paintings 17-21
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Audacity is the belief, that despite the presence of evil, lasting change for good is possible.
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CHAPTER 1

Naive Confidence

Paintings 1-16
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How it all started...

As a little girl, I stumbled upon a book called, The One Hundred Dresses, written by Eleanor Estes. This beautiful book from the 1940's teaches children about the sneaky ways we make our neighbor “the outsider,” and how love and creativity have the power to dismantle hate.
There was just one problem, The book didn't have pictures of the one hundred dresses, and for the romantic child I was,

this was tragic...

Fast forward to December, 2022, and I find myself a fine artist painting women in dresses, but feeling aimless in direction.
Sitting on my couch one morning, I asked God what I was to do with these paintings. In that moment, a quiet memory returned of a children’s book with dresses, and how I had so wished there were pictures of those dresses. And suddenly, looking down at my hands, a curious whisper asked,

“What if you painted all 100 of them?”