My work was featured in the textbook published by Oxford University Press titled, Art for Everyone. Below is the text and accompanying example of my work under the chapter “Style and Technique”. Following is the text:

Conceptual art is work that deals directly with ideas and values. Conceptual artists often express those ideas using non-traditional media and methods such as textual elements, appropriated or borrowed images, and performances.

Washington artist Catherine Haley Epstein developed the concept of a pharmacy of inspiration from artists and myths

"contained" in jars of pure pigment. She was inspired by an essay written by Kazimir Malevich, an early twentieth-century Russian painter, who proposed that museums burn their art and store the ashes in jars to make room for new art. This idea intrigued Epstein and became the starting place for My Pharmacy: Homage to Malevich (figure 3). Her artist's statement explains more about her concept for this piece:

“While I am not an advocate for burning art objects or museums, the notion of making way for the new is very exciting. As artists we stand on the shoulders of giants, and often times can be overwhelmed with the industrial focus on certain artists. I constantly look for inspiration from life and artists, so I made my little pharmacy.... And I hope that one day I can actually mix everything right, like a good chemist, to create something truly new.”

Caption for work in book:

Catherine Haley Epstein, My Pharmacy: Homage to Malevich,

2013. Acrylic shelves, glass bottles with pigment,

24 × 48 x 8.5 in. Collection of the artist.