▁dream - like ▁ju xt ap os itions . ▁Like ▁many ▁femin ists ▁of ▁her ▁generation , ▁she ▁used ▁her ▁own ▁body ▁to ▁explore ▁the ▁ways ▁in ▁which ▁personal ▁ident ities ▁also ▁reflected ▁political ▁and ▁social ▁real ities . ▁Art ▁historian ▁Jonathan ▁Fine berg ▁wrote ▁that ▁N ett les ' ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁" S uz anna ... Sur pr ised ," ▁for ▁example , ▁" dem on str ated ▁in ▁the ▁une ven ▁brown - st ained ▁surface ... the ▁def i ant ▁subject ▁matter .... ▁She ▁stuff ed ▁this ▁un m ist ak ably ▁confront ational ▁n ude ▁self - port rait ▁and ▁se wed ▁it ▁around ▁the ▁edges , ▁then ▁fixed ▁it ▁on ▁to ▁a ▁faint ▁image ▁of ▁a ▁formal ▁garden ." ▁ ▁Of ▁Turn ing ▁ 5 0 ▁( first ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ) ▁critic ▁Am ber ▁Har es ▁wrote : ▁" What ▁is ▁most ▁not ew orth y ▁about ▁Turn ing ▁ 5 0 ▁is ▁that ▁N ett les , ▁finding ▁beauty ▁in ▁ve ins ▁as ▁she ▁does ▁in ▁the ▁v ines ▁that ▁run ▁up ▁trees , ▁is ▁ag ing ▁with ▁grace ." ▁▁ ▁In ▁her ▁later ▁career , ▁N ett les ▁has ▁excel led ▁in ▁book ▁arts , ▁teaching ▁classes ▁at ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Information ▁Science ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Illinois . ▁She ▁has ▁tra ve led ▁extens ively , ▁leading ▁work sh ops ▁on ▁book - binding ▁and ▁book ▁arts ▁in ▁I cel and , ▁Italy ▁and ▁Al aska .