They're among the most obsessive in detail. It goes far beyond what you see even in his most accomplished works. You really see in this sense an outpouring of that grief, if not an attempt to alleviate it or escape from it.

257

If you want a personal view of Church, if you want to understand him on the basis of what he chose to keep and live with, this is what you have to see so that you can understand what was important to him. And you see virtually his entire career, his entire life in this group of paintings.

131