Background
Stedman, Myrtle Lillian was born on February 5, 1908 in Charleston, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Edward Bullard and Myrtie (Harrell) Kelly.
(In The Ups and Downs of Living Alone in Later Life, Myrtl...)
In The Ups and Downs of Living Alone in Later Life, Myrtle Stedman follows and develops the ideas expressed in her previously-published trilogy: Of One Mind, The Way Things Are or Could Be and Of Things to Come. In the process of her writing, she has come to view the Mind as Universal expression and receptivity ever driven by the Spirit of a biological urge-Its creativity evolving whatever It sets Itself to do for the love of doing. With a sense of humor, honesty and simplicity, she sees the Mind's work blinking in and out of range or sight, much like an artist works with a pencil in one hand and an eraser in the other, the creative attainment ever evolving. Two age-old questions, 'God created' or 'evolution,' are thus settled to her satisfaction in this, her fourth book on the Creative Mind-her tenth book published by Sunstone Press.
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(Here is the account, in storybook form with illustrations...)
Here is the account, in storybook form with illustrations by the author, of two artists and how they settled in northern New Mexico to try their skill at designing and building adobe houses. The author finished the drawings in this book in 1937 when the images were fresh in her mind. Together with the story, they give an insight into what many artists were doing in the twenties and thirties, not only as an aftermath of the depression but as a lifestyle, a way of living creatively and artistically in an atmosphere more conducive than city life. While the Stedmans' art thrived in Houston, Texas during the seven years before the depression, their reputations as artists grew to the point that they felt they could go anywhere and do anything. Myrtle Stedman describes the adventure of moving to northern New Mexico where their skills and their joy in art and architecture rose to unexpected heights in spite of hard times in the economy and in their private life.
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(Dreaming of building an adobe home? A guide, with floor p...)
Dreaming of building an adobe home? A guide, with floor plans ranging from a small casita to larger ones is given in this book, with several pluses. The smaller homes are so arranged that they allow for growth as the family, or purse, increases in size. The Stedmans not only love our architecture, they know whereof they write, for they have built many as practical projects, and as artists with an eye to beauty as well as utility. Built in features include fireplaces that draw, and bookshelves that are a part of the scheme of things. Cabinet work throughout is in keeping and suggestions for furniture designed to complement the house are here. Plastering, the making of adobes, painting, plumbing, wiring--all the things that must be taken into account are dealt with in a practical manner that helps prevent costly errors. Directions are here on the building of a horno too--and even the recipe for bread to be baked in the finished oven.
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Stedman, Myrtle Lillian was born on February 5, 1908 in Charleston, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Edward Bullard and Myrtie (Harrell) Kelly.
Student, Museum Fine Arts, Houston, 1934. Student, Art Student's League, New York City, 1980.
Fine artist, illustrator Stedman Studio, Houston, 1927—1934. Designer, builder Tesuque Home Builder, 1952-1987.
(In The Ups and Downs of Living Alone in Later Life, Myrtl...)
(Here is the account, in storybook form with illustrations...)
(Dreaming of building an adobe home? A guide, with floor p...)
(a classic southwest book)
Member board Las Tres Villas, Tesuque, 1973-1983, Santa Fe (New Mexico) Water Basin, 1970-1980, Pojoaque (New Mexico) Water Board, 1960's. Member County Recreational Advisory Committee, Santa Fe, 1960's. Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association/United States of America/West, Museum New Mexico Foundation (life), Institute Noetic Sciences (charter), Women in the Arts National Museum (charter), Santa Fe History Foundation, Old Santa Fe Association.
Married Wilfred Henry Stedman, November 15, 1928 (deceased 1950). Children: Thomas Wilfred, Wilfred Donald.