In this connection, he cites not only the Whiteheadian «emphasis upon the
aesthetic modality as a means of defining the substance and form of philosophic endeavor» (El 101), but also the whole American
philosophical tradition (in which, correctly I think, he locates Whitehead's thought).
Evertz, who moved from Berlin to NYC at the age of 19, sees her work as bridging two opposing
aesthetic traditions: a
philosophical Northern European and a pragmatic American approach to painting.