WHAT
The late American abstract and representational artist (1928–1999) was known for her artistic practice as a painter and photographer. On view are works from the 1970s that are conjured via the overall patterning typical of Colour Field painters of her generation, often in dense passages of primary or complementary colour.

WHY
For the artist, the role of memory was more than an aesthetic exercise: towards the very end of the previous decade, she had experienced a sudden and acute episode of temporary colour blindness, likely brought on by traumatic events in her marriage. Even as she regained her ability to see and distinguish colour, this experience impacted her deeply. Thus, the appearance of light passing through trees in her works might also be the feeling of light felt through closed eyelids.