Museum Moment: Alma Thomas, Red Tree in High Winter

Kristin Bergquist, Mirken Curator of Education and Engagement at the Colby College Museum of Art, leads viewers on a looking exercise using Red Tree in High Winter, an abstract expressionist painting by mid-20th century African American artist Alma Thomas.

Alma Thomas, Red Tree in High Winter, 1968. Acrylic and graphite on canvas, 24 x 34 1/4 in. (61 x 87 cm). Museum purchase from the Jere Abbott Acquisitions Fund. Accession Number: 2017.383.