Color is life.
Artist Alma W. Thomas (1891–1978) is known for her large abstract paintings filled with dynamic, vibrant patterns.
In 1972, she stated, “Color is life. Light is the mother of color. Light reveals to us the spirit and living soul of the world through colors.”
The quote carries the spirit of Wind, Sunshine and Flowers, one of Thomas’s colorful paintings that convey her love of nature. These works are central to the artist’s practice, distinguished by bold gestures that cement their status within modern art.
Shop pieces inspired by Alma Thomas below, and see Wind, Sunshine and Flowers in Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art.
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Reading rainbow
Everything Is Beautiful, a sweeping retrospective of Thomas’s wide-reaching practice, sheds new light on her singular search for beauty.
Brighten someone’s day
With these notecards, every letter is sure to send a smile.
Better in color
That blank wall that you’ve been staring at in your apartment? We know what to do with it.
From the top: Images courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum Shop
