Facts
- Agnes Martin was publicly known to have schizophrenia, though it was undocumented until 1962.
- It is speculated that she had a relationship with artist Lenore Tawney.
- In an interview in 1989, discussing her life and her painting, Agnes Martin said, “Beauty and perfection are the same. They never occur without happiness.”
Story Concept
- Agnes sees everyone’s personality as a set of lines and color. She has no way to express her love for Lenore publicly, but perhaps she can paint about it. She begins to paint Lenore as her set of lines and colors, thinking that no one will ever know the meaning behind it, except someone does.