Mildred Thompson and Abstract Art

A few years ago, I became interested in abstract expressionist art by women after I learned of an exhibit organized by the Denver Art Museum: Women of Abstract Expressionism, held there June 12, 2016 - September  25, 2016. A lot of the paintings appeal to me more than ones done by the more famous men. In March 2017 I was lucky to see a small exhibit of paintings by Mary Abbott at McCormick Gallery, her official gallery in Chicago. I very much like the variety of colors she chooses. Because she's still alive at 97, I'm thinking of writing her to let her know how much I appreciate her paintings.

While Mildred Thompson was alive, she didn't get as much appreciation as she deserved. According to a tour guide yesterday at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, someone once suggested to her to recruit a white woman to stand in her place so as to increase the chances of selling her art.

Her official website: 

http://mildredthompson.org/

Her art contributed the name of an exhibit held at the museum from October 13, 2017 through January 21, 2018--Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960 to Today. I wish I'd seen it.  

She also worked with wood: