▁to ▁her ▁use ▁of ▁t ess ell ated ▁forms , ▁T aken aga ' s ▁work ▁is ▁noted ▁for ▁its ▁challeng ing ▁optical ▁quality . ▁A ▁sense ▁of ▁infinity ▁and ▁bound less ness ▁are ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁d iz zy ing ▁patterns ▁created ▁in ▁her ▁paint ings . ▁Her ▁series ▁Night ▁P aint ings , ▁for ▁instance , ▁are ▁based ▁on ▁" rec urr ing ▁child hood ▁dream s ▁about ▁the ▁orig ins ▁of ▁the ▁universe ." ▁ ▁Her ▁up br ing ing ▁in ▁rural ▁Neb r aska ▁is ▁connected ▁to ▁this ▁sense ▁of ▁" bound less ness ." ▁Art ▁critic ▁Nancy ▁Prin cent hal ▁suggests ▁that ▁" th ese ▁paint ings ▁e voke ▁the ▁flat ▁far ml and ▁of ▁T aken aga ' s ▁child hood ▁home , ▁in ▁Neb r aska ▁[...] ▁There ▁is ▁that ▁sense ▁of ▁limit less , ▁un ▁marked ▁exp ans es ▁in ▁T aken aga ' s ▁recent ▁paint ings , ▁of ▁matter - of - fact ▁inf init ude ." ▁▁ ▁The ▁labor ious , ▁repet itive ▁process ▁involved ▁to ▁make ▁her ▁paint ings ▁suggests ▁the ▁passing ▁of ▁time ▁in ▁her ▁work . ▁Susan ▁Cross ▁writes : ▁" T aken aga ▁has ▁li ken ed ▁her ▁approach ▁to ▁art - making ▁to ▁both ▁soap ▁opera ▁narr atives ▁in ▁which ▁essentially ▁nothing ▁happens ▁over ▁long ▁st ret ches ▁of ▁time ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁myth ▁of ▁Od ys se us ' s ▁wife ▁Pen el ope , ▁who ▁un ra ve led ▁her ▁we aving ▁each ▁night ▁for