Leon Berkowitz carried a "commitment to conveying the emotional, psychological, and physical experience of light, inspired by his own experiences painting in the open air ... by the early 1970s he developed a signature style, in works characterized by both vibrant fields of color and subtle and nearly imperceptible transitions between hues."

--from the exhibition, "Thresholds of Perceptibility: The Color Field Paintings of Leon Berkowitz," Hollis Taggart Gallery, Chelsea, New York.