Mason's paintings may
at times suggest the
contours of nature: a hillock
of goldenrod, a bubblng
woodland stream. But it's a
suggestion perhaps induced
by the titles she gives her
works after they're completed.
Lavender Lake, Cotton
Wood and Days Departing
Tide were among the works
recently on view at in her most
recent show at David Findlay
Jr. The sources of these titles
may vary from random
words she hears on the
radio to phrases she recalls
from Emily Dickinson's poetry,
which she can readily quote.
The fondness for poetry also
may be in her genes. "My
mother wrote abstract
poetry," she says, "and
had correspondence with
William Carlos Williams and
Gertrude Stein."
Top: Feast;
bottom: Fragile Wind, Emily Mason
HYLAND
