years, she has been studying at the Arts Students League with John Hultburg,

a former student of Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still and Richard Diebenkorn

and with Fred Mitchell, a native of Meridian, Mississippi, who was one of

the pioneers at Coentes Slip in lower Manhattan with Agnes Martin and

Ellsworth Kelly. Some of her early paintings were included in a show celebrating

Women's History Month at the New York City Transit Authority and a recent

painting was selected to represent Fred Mitchell's class in the 1998 -1999

Arts Students' League catalogue.

Her work has been leaning toward the abstract for some time, although

figurative elements remain to a varied degree. In November 1996, after

seeing the Jasper Johns show at the Museum of Modern Art, she became

intrigued by several of Johns' lesser known works which were labeled

as "acrylic on plastic" and "ink on plastic". Since she was already

using acrylic paint at that time, she decided to try using a clear

plastic that is very similar to mylar. Immediately, she found that the

paint moved more easily as it was applied and when she turned the work

over to the opposite side, she discovered that the color was much more

intense.

She has since developed her technique so that the verso (the unpainted

side) is always the finished product, although some paintings

could have both sides displayed. The results have been quite

striking, although there is very little resemblance to the Johns

works that originally inspired her. She continues to experiment with new

methods of applying and removing paint to create varied effects. She

tries to make each work fresh and unique while maintaining continuity of

style.

Check out abstract painter Shoshana Cooper's work

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