Sheila Sharpe, Mystery Author ✍️

The 2025 Clue Short List for Thriller/Suspense | @ChantiReviews.com https://buff.ly/6wUK1E7

The Clue Short List has arrived in time for your spooky season reads! Keep the light on while you read these books! Including ARTIST, LOVER, FORGER, THIEF by @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social

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As a psychologist who has studied and treated couples for over 40 years, I’ve seen an impressive number of disturbed pairings, but none of them begin to approach the pathology of [art thieves] Jerry and Rita Atler.

@SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social "How Love Turns People into Art Thieves"

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🎨 How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/qJ7Sdxt

There is no one profile of an art thief. People steal art for many reasons, most commonly for profit.

#ArtTheft

As those involved probed the hidden layers of the [art thieves] Alters’ lives, other valuable stolen paintings and sculptures were found among their belongings, which were then residing in a church thrift store.

~ @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social "How Love Turns People into Art Thieves"

#ArtTheft

Field of Gold | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/JbcpcHp

I used to be a painter. That career didn't work out, so I took up writing fiction - seemed a cleaner route to poverty.

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🔵 How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists Part 3: Prestige — The Glorified Shoplifter | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social
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Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth – Pablo Picasso

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𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 : The hidden inspirations behind a novelist’s heroine | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/AFJeGUl

"I should have known sooner. Or at least suspected."

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🖼️ How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists Part IV: Thrill Seeking and The Masters of Deception | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://ow.ly/gZAU50XSyzB

I challenged myself to uncover the psychological reasons people become art thieves.

#MondayBlogs

Since [the artist] de Kooning showed this picture in 1955 at the place and time the couple met, [these art thieves] might have seen it together and connected it to falling in love.

~ @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social "How Love Turns People into Art Thieves"

#ArtTheft

The 2025 Clue Short List for Thriller/Suspense | @ChantiReviews.com https://buff.ly/6wUK1E7

The Clue Short List has arrived in time for your spooky season reads! Keep the light on while you read these books! Including ARTIST, LOVER, FORGER, THIEF by @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social

#Suspense

🎨 How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists: 2 | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/Mmq5gXA

🎨 How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists: 1 | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/qJ7Sdxt

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How [art thief Waxman] did not get seen in action or remembered when an artwork was found missing seems inexplicable. I could find nothing in any report that explained this.

~ @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social "How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists"

#ArtTheft

🎨 How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/qJ7Sdxt

There is no one profile of an art thief. People steal art for many reasons, most commonly for profit.

#ArtTheft

Now, let’s look at the third motive for stealing certain desired art: the need for prestige.

~ @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social "How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists"

#ArtTheft

Field of Gold | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/JbcpcHp

I used to be a painter. That career didn't work out, so I took up writing fiction - seemed a cleaner route to poverty.

#MondayBlogs

🔵 How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists Part 3: Prestige — The Glorified Shoplifter | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/22p5MOt

Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth – Pablo Picasso

#MondayBlogs #ArtTheft

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 : The hidden inspirations behind a novelist’s heroine | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/AFJeGUl

"I should have known sooner. Or at least suspected."

#MondayBlogs #Writing

🖼️ How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists Part IV: Thrill Seeking and The Masters of Deception | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social vist.ly/4nbjy

I challenged myself to uncover the psychological reasons people become art thieves.

#MondayBlogs

In the four cases [of art thieves] I studied, I also found that the “pure love motive” is colored by one or more additional motives.

~ @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social "How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists"

#ArtTheft

The 2025 Clue Short List for Thriller/Suspense | @ChantiReviews.com https://buff.ly/6wUK1E7

The Clue Short List has arrived in time for your spooky season reads! Keep the light on while you read these books! Including ARTIST, LOVER, FORGER, THIEF by @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social

#Suspense

🎨 How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists: 2 | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/Mmq5gXA

🎨 How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists: 1 | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/qJ7Sdxt

#ArtTheft

In 2017 (more than 30 years later), when the de Kooning painting was discovered in their bedroom after both Alters were dead, no one could believe these attractive, fun-loving people could have committed this audacious crime.

~ @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social

#ArtTheft

🎨 How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/qJ7Sdxt

There is no one profile of an art thief. People steal art for many reasons, most commonly for profit.

#ArtTheft

Students, colleagues, and family members described [the art thieves] as a charming, devoted couple who spent most of their free time together and travelling to exotic places.

~ Sheila Sharpe "How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists"

#ArtTheft

Field of Gold | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/JbcpcHp

I used to be a painter. That career didn't work out, so I took up writing fiction - seemed a cleaner route to poverty.

#MondayBlogs

🔵 How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists Part 3: Prestige — The Glorified Shoplifter | SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/22p5MOt

Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth – Pablo Picasso

#MondayBlogs #ArtTheft

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 : The hidden inspirations behind a novelist’s heroine | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/AFJeGUl

"I should have known sooner. Or at least suspected."

#MondayBlogs #Writing

🖼️ How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists Part IV: Thrill Seeking and The Masters of Deception | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social vist.ly/4mevk

I challenged myself to uncover the psychological reasons people become art thieves.

#MondayBlogs

At the time of the theft, the Atlers were popular high school teachers.

~ @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social "How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists"

#ArtTheft