Alma Thomas: The Eclipse
Freshly inspired by the 1969 Moon landing, Alma Thomas created the glowing, mosaic-like workĀ The Eclipse, part of herĀ SpaceĀ paintings series. Thomas began painting after retiring from nearly 40 years of teaching, and she explored expressionist, abstract, and nonobjective phases of art. She finally focused on bold, splashy paintings such as the one, in which her lifelong study of color theory sparkles.
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Freshly inspired by the 1969 Moon landing, Alma Thomas created the glowing, mosaic-like workĀ The Eclipse, part of herĀ SpaceĀ paintings series. Thomas began painting after retiring from nearly 40 years of teaching, and she explored expressionist, abstract, and nonobjective phases of art. She finally focused on bold, splashy paintings such as the one, in which her lifelong study of color theory sparkles.
