In 1997 , Duesberry won the Benjamin Altman Landscape Prize from the National Academy of Design . While she had a World Views residency with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council ( LMCC ) from 1998-1999 , Duesberry painted city studies in studio space in some vacant offices of the World Trade Center 's North Tower . She says that , because of her connection to the World Trade Center , the tone of her painting has saddened since 9/11
9/11
September 11 attacks
Joellyn Duesberry