In 1972 I began experimenting with my own "winter palette": blacks, whites and greys. By 1974 I had completed a painting called "The White Place", the first picture in this new (for me) genre that I was entirely happy with. But it was during those first few months of experimentation in 1972 that I learned a simple lesson: The visual power and emotional impact of an artist's communication does not have to depend upon the use of color.