Episode 90: Alma Woodsey Thomas: Constructing the Natural World

Black, female painter Alma Woodsey Thomas composed brilliantly fractured abstractions of the natural world around her through painted mosaic patches arranged in concentric circles or stripes. Join me as we hover over a sea of red shapes and forms in the painting "Red Azaleas Jubilee." (1976)..Resources for this episode include Wadsworth Atheneum (www.thewadsworth.org), Tate Museum (tate.org.uk), Studio Museum (studiomuseum.org), the poet Mary Oliver and author Melina Rudman ("Sacred Soil: A Gardner's Book of Reflections")