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In the 2000s, Fisher-Fishman began painting with broad, flat strokes of color to describe elegant geometries. For this work, she carved out geometric patterns in deep vivid blue. Building up intricately overlaid layers, she left the blue scraped across the surface in dry passages, revealing dulled reds and greens underneath. The result is simple and exquisitely rendered, combining the expressive with the decorative.  

Fisher-Fishman was an abstract painter of great inventiveness, strength, and elegance. Born in Philadelphia, she studied at the Barnes Foundation. Her technique—pulling dark colors over a bright backdrop to create an image through what remains visible—was one often employed by her daughter Louise Fishman, who also an accomplished abstract painter. The two artists inspired each other’s work in profound ways. Their paintings were exhibited together, along with work by figurative artist Razel Kapustin (Louise’s aunt), at Woodmere in 2012–2013. 

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