For Alma Woodsey Thomas

This Ana Inciardi mini print pays tribute to Alma Woodsey Thomas through a composition of vertical stripes that cascade downward against a deep cobalt blue background. The stripes vary in width and undulate slightly, their edges soft and irregular rather than crisp, giving the surface an organic, handmade quality. Colors move across the composition in warm and cool intervals: burnt orange, yellow-green, dusty rose, brick red, light blue, sage green, and golden yellow all appear, with white outlines separating many of the stripes from the blue ground beneath them.

The overall effect is rhythmic and energetic. Alma Woodsey Thomas was an American abstract painter, widely recognized for her signature style of mosaic-like color fields and vertical stripe compositions. She became the first African American woman to have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1972.

Her work drew on observations of nature, light, and movement. Collectors are drawn to this print because it functions as both an homage and its own complete visual statement. Inciardi's interpretation captures the spirit of Thomas's color sense while remaining firmly within her own printmaking language, including the characteristic texture and layered ink quality found across her catalog.

This print is part of her broader print series honoring artists and creative figures, and it pairs naturally with other tribute and abstract subjects in her body of work. For collectors building a focused Inciardi collection, this piece stands as a meaningful intersection of artistic lineage and original craft.