WHEN you think of the 1950s, most of us immediately think of those wonderful circle skirts and dresses with light and fluffy netting underneath for that full effect. This was certainly the iconic look ...

Marty Hartman, founder of the Petticoat Painters, sums up the art scene for women in the early 1950's. 'It's a boy's world, a boy's world.' Sarasota, Florida was a Mecca for male artists in the 1950's ...