iza ▁Minn elli . ▁ ▁Later ▁career ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁Fen ich el ▁visited ▁her ▁former ▁teacher ▁Edward ▁Cor b ett ▁in ▁Ta os , ▁New ▁Mexico . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁she ▁moved ▁there ▁herself , ▁sett ling ▁in ▁nearby ▁Tal pa . ▁ ▁Fen ich el ' s ▁paint ings ▁done ▁in ▁New ▁Mexico ▁range ▁from ▁hard - ed ged ▁geometric ▁abstra ctions ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁to ▁sens ual , ▁lyr ical ▁studies ▁of ▁organ ic ▁forms ▁from ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 0 s ; ▁both ▁show ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁color ▁field ▁painting ▁and ▁kin ship ▁with ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁artists ▁such ▁as ▁Helen ▁Frank ent hal er . ▁One ▁critic ▁wrote ▁that ▁" all ▁of ▁L illy ▁Fen ich el ' s ▁paint ings ▁are ▁related ▁to ▁nature , ▁even ▁when ▁they ▁are ▁abstract ▁to ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁being ▁non - object ive ." ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁Fen ich el ▁also ▁began ▁working ▁with ▁wood ▁and ▁fi berg lass , ▁creating ▁minimal ist ▁sculpt ures ▁in ▁soft ▁colors . ▁ ▁Fen ich el ' s ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁shown ▁mainly ▁in ▁the ▁western ▁United ▁States , ▁and ▁her ▁work ▁is ▁in ▁the ▁permanent ▁collections ▁of ▁the ▁Santa ▁Barbara ▁Museum ▁of ▁Art ▁( Cal iforn ia ), ▁the ▁Har wood ▁Museum ▁of ▁Art ▁( T a os ), ▁and ▁the ▁Al bu quer que ▁Museum ▁among ▁other