Colors of the Cosmos

“I began to think about what I would see if I were in an airplane. You look down on things. You streak through the clouds so fast you don’t know whether the flower below is a violet or what. You see only streaks of color.”

- Alma Thomas 

The Eclipse

Alma Thomas, The Eclipse, 1970, acrylic on canvas, 62 x 49 3⁄4 in. (57.5 x 126.5 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum

Snoopy–Early Sun Display on Earth

Alma Thomas, Snoopy–Early Sun Display on Earth, 1970, acrylic on canvas, 49 7⁄8 x 48 1⁄8 in. (126.8 x 122.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum

Celestial Fantasy

Alma Thomas, Celestial Fantasy, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 54 in. (152.4 x 137.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum

Elysian Fields

Alma Thomas, Elysian Fields, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 30 1/8 x 42 1/8 in. (76.5 x 107.2 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum

My space paintings are expressed in the same color patterns as my earth paintings with the canvas forming intriguing motifs around and through color composition.”

-Alma Thomas