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Abby Archer is one of the main characters in A Portrait of Josephine. She is about to finish graduate school. She attends
San Francisco State University.

Abby is a modern mid-western American girl who spends her adult life living in progressive, professional big cities. She is also an artist, a painter, and she is excellent but there is a hesitancy to Abby. She feels awkward doing anything other than painting. She second guesses herself and is quick to look to others for encouragement but even worse – validation.

Her eagerness and her youthfulness makes her a good apprentice but will it make her a great artist and a strong woman? Abby could definitely follow healer and author Louise L. Hay when she says, "Remember, you have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens." Abby Archer is inspired by a wonderful sculptor who died too young – Eva Hesse (this is her image above)

Although Eva was incredibly talented and enjoyed professional esteem, she always seemed to doubt herself, to subvert herself. She didn't seem to completely trust herself. Abby Archer is an example of a woman who lets her doubts and insecurities over-power her, keep her small. But there is hope for Abby.

Abby accepts an internship at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington D.C. It is there, in an archive room, faced with the task of organizing a large art collection, that she is forced to challenge herself in a field outside of drawing producing paintings – her area of expertise. It is through this task that she must learn to adapt her experience to solve new problems. She is faced with opportunities she didn’t anticipate and challenges she underestimated. Will she overcome these challenges? Or will she succumb?

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