she rose to fame in the 1970s with monochromatic canvases of roses and other images that were x-ed out. the artist explained, “i wanted to destroy images as symbols. to make the image a symbol for a symbol. i had to act it out―make the image and cross it out. …no imagery, but at the same time endless imagery. every nuance of paint texture worked as an image.” "nothing" from 1974, in the collection of the honolulu museum of art, is an example of this phase of the artist's work.