“Big Eyes” artist Margaret Keane — screenshot from 2014 KQED video

Goodbye Margaret Keane: Big Beautiful Eyes and Big Lies

The noted artist died June 26 in Napa, California

I was powerfully influenced by the 2015 film Big Eyes, directed by Tim Burton. The movie told the story of Margaret Keane, the world-famous painter of small, frail children with very big eyes.