By REMY JACOBS

Sadly, Lenore "Lee" Krasner is one of many forgotten female artists of  the 1900s. When Lee Krasner began her career as an artist, many people referred to her solely as Mrs. Jackson Pollock. In the early years of her career, she chose to use oil pastels and charcoal instead of oil paint. Additionally, most of her works were categorized into series' that she painted. However, she did not jump right into abstract expressionism, but instead started off with realism and self-portraits,  and thengradually moving into abstract expressionism. 

This particular piece is part of her "Little Image" series, where she took pieces of her earlier works and combined them into one. Often times when people look at this painting, the first thing that comes to their mind is chaos. The reasoning for this is because there are a plethora of colors and brush strokes going in all directions. 

When I look at this painting, I not only see chaos, but also a reflection of her life. During her time as a young adult, she knew that it would be hard for a woman to become an artist because this is in the midst of The Great Depression, in which wanting becoming an artist presented a surplus of difficulties. Because of this, before her full emersion as an artist, Krasner took jobs as a waitress and model in order to make money. As she got older and time went on, it was not until 1984, the year she died, for her to become truly known as an artist.