When artists Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler, now the chair of the Department of Art at Vanderbilt, started out, they sometimes took house-painting jobs to pay the rent. The pair became fascinated by houses, colors, even the names of colors: subjects that became the focus of a joint career that continued until Ericson’s death from brain cancer in 1995.
The New York Times spotlights a poignant exhibition of their work currently on display at Galerie Perrotin New York.