Alma Thomas was an abstract painter and educator who began painting professionally at age seventy-one, after retiring from teaching. She was inspired by nature, particularly as encountered during her childhood in the Deep South and created works with a focus “based on a juxtaposition and interaction of colors.”

Don’t miss your chance to see this work in person, on view in “Expanded Painting in the 1960s and 1970s” through Feb 16 when it leaves for loan.

“Hydrangeas Spring Song,” 1976, by Alma Thomas via Tumblr

philamuseum:“I found that I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say in any other way.” —Georgia O’Keeffe

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