Something about the wildly focused color—not to mention the lines of poetics—of  mid-century New York School painter Joan Mitchell really captures my mood as this new year begins to unfold. The texture, the tones, the shapes, the stories. Dreamy! But also, tough.

Smoke, 1989, folio 9 of 19. Etchings by Joan Mitchell with poems by Charles (Hank) Hine.

Joan Mitchell, A Few Days I (After James Schuyler), 1985.

Joan Mitchell, A Few Days II (After James Schuyler), 1985.

Poems, 1992, folio 8 of 8. Lithographs by Joan Mitchell with poems by Nathan Kernan.

Paris, France. Monet - Mitchell and Joan Mitchell Retrospective
October 5, 2022 - February 27, 2023
Fondation Louis Vuitton