Athens, Georgia

A Spartanburg native remembered for her keen intellect and lively spirit, Law worked as an illustrator to support herself in New York during her student days. The surviving examples of her illustrations show tight rendering that contrasts with the looser style she employed in her paintings. Working a range of media including watercolor, pastel, oil, and prints, Law portrayed the Southern experience in a signature style that was at once familiar and fresh, unidealized yet affectionate. This scene set in Athens, Georgia, captures the dignity of residents and their routines through gentle and expressive brushwork, exemplifying Law’s claim that, “I put down what I see, wherever I am, and the result is a record of life in a small Southern town.”