How does Joan Mitchell's Ladybug correspond to the conventions of Abstract Expressionism?

What will be an ideal response?

The ideal answer should include:
1. Joan Mitchell's painting is an example of the Action Painting approach to Abstract Expressionism.
2. Ladybug as well as her other paintings visualized her personal responses to memories of natural and urban landscapes.
3. She creates energetic but controlled rhythms with gestural brushstrokes, setting the lyrical complexity of her distinctive color palette against a neutral ground.
4. This may reference the figure and field relationship of traditional painting.

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