Alma Thomas "Mars Dust" Postcard

$3.00 at Whitney Museum of American Art.

Visual description Alma Thomas, Mars Dust, 1972. Mars Dust is an acrylic painting on canvas. The painting measures 69 ¼ inches tall by 57 ? inches wide. The background of the painting is primarily a cool, dark blue with lighter blue tones and tints coalescing into washy expanses. On top of the blue, hundreds of short, warmer, red vertical brush strokes rest in a dazzling array. These marks are each about the size of an adult thumb. Not all of the reds are the same tint; some of the strokes are a whisper…