Dorothy Hood (1919-2000) was a pioneer modernist from Texas, who spent 1941-1961 in Mexico painting along side mentor Juan Orozco, dear friend Remedios Varo and inspired a poem by pal Pablo Naruda. After many exhibitions of her paintings in Mexico, she returned to Houston with her husband Bolivian composer, Velasco Maidana where she enjoyed a long career of exhibits and popularity. Hood's work is in the collections of MoMa, MFAH and many private individuals.
artist painter abstract expressionism 20th century