As a child, too, Mason admits, "I
sometimes was defensive about
my mother's art, but when I got to
college I knew I wanted to be an
abstract painter. I just understood
it." She first attended Bennington
in Vermont, then transferred to
Cooper Union in New York, from
which she graduated. She later
studied in Venice under a Fulbright
grant. One of the people who had
an early impact on her art was
the renowned textiles designer
Jack Lenor Larsen.
Look Further On, Emily Mason
"He talked about analagous color,"
says Mason, "and changed my
perception. I'm indebted to him
for opening my eyes." Analagous
colors, she explains, abut each
other on the chart. Yellow, orange/
yellow and orange, for example,
are analagous colors. "Instead
of using black or white to modify
color," she adds, "you use the
shade next to it on the color
wheel. It's more how the eye
naturally sees color."
HYLAND
