"The painting, “Ice in Window” (1982), was an amalgam, in that I was not actually looking at the river through the window. I started the landscape painting and then decided to put the window frame, from another painting, on top of that scene. I wanted to see what the two would do for each other.... With the window paintings, the big decision is where to put the grid. I also decide how much I can include. ... " http://hyperallergic.com/194330/beer-with-a-painter-lois-dodd/