Not a day goes by without painting or sculpting because her daily life is articulated by art, defining time and space through her creations. At 90 years of age, Angela Fodale Palladino, artist of Sicilian origin, but a New Yorker since 1958, prepares her next exhibition surrounded by paintbrushes, drawings, sculptures, and paintings that are taking shape. Strong colors stand out against the gray of a timidly spring day in her Upper East Side apartment.

Angela’s life is inextricably interwoven with that of a woman, mother, wife, and grandmother. The story of her life—bright, ironic, historical, and at times moving and human—becomes the subject of a very long chat in her lab-like museum-home, where she spent the greater part of her life with her husband, Tony Palladino, the famous designer and commercial artist who passed away in 2014.