The mural-sized paintings of Joan Mitchell (1926-92) echo the scale of other Abstract Expressionists. Their most distinctive quality is their relationship to landscape, an amalgam [or blend] of Abstract Expressionist concepts and Impressionist and Post-Impressionist ones. Here, four panels combine to create a flat image that oscillates between four separate views of one large panorama, the effect of which compels us ultimately to dismiss coherent landscape and immerse ourselves in the reality of color.
