Inspired by emotion in the paint, and by the artist who felt the color in people, could hear color and saw colors we closed our eyes to long ago, and painted them.

"My sister is always putting the past behind
her— Well I use the past to make my pics
and I want all of it and even you and me in
candlelight on the train and every "lover" I've
ever had—every friend—nothing closed out—
and dogs alive and dead and people
and landscapes and feeling even if it is
desperate—anguished—tragic—it's all part
of me and I want to confront it and sleep
with it—the dreams—and paint it."

JOAN MITCHELL