This online art course combines revisionist art history with hands-on art practice. The desert landscape has been an important influence on artists and particularly abstraction. We will examine the legacy of four women artists working in abstraction who lived and worked in desert landscapes: Georgia O’Keefe, Agnes Pelton, Agnes Martin, and Emily Kame Kngwerreye. The first part of the class will include a slideshow and discussion, and then we will respond through our own abstract explorations in either drawing or painting. This course is suitable for students with some experience who wish to broaden their horizons and develop their abstract language.