East-West Circle 1

Acrylic with India Ink Calligraphy

East West Series

Sheila Isham never ceased to be a Western painter, to retain her native sensibility with regard to creating paintings. The two concepts, one from the East, the other from the West, could now...be represented without conflict. These are paintings wholly within the Western tradition, and yet the poetry and calligraphic tradition of China find place there, not as exotic intrusions but as a basic, readily apprehensible part of the artistic experience."

- Joshua C. Taylor

former director

National Museum of American Art

Washington, D.C.