"When I am working, I am only aware of the canvas and what it tells me to do. I am certainly not aware of myself. Painting is a way of forgetting oneself." —Joan Mitchell . Mitchell's Low Water is on view in Crossroads: Carnegie Museum of Art's Collection, 1945–Now. . Joan Mitchell, Low Water (detail), 1969, Carnegie Museum of Art. © Estate of Joan Mitchell. #JoanMitchell #AbstractExpressionism #Painting #CMOAcollects #Art