In the first of a series of posts about painting and color, Joanne Mattera blogs about several recent New York exhibitions including Anne Truitt: Drawings at Matthew Marks Gallery, Anne Appleby: Paintings at Danese Gallery, Julian Jackson: Crossing at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Stuart Shils: The Residue of Memory at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, and Rory Donaldson: Shared Roadway Ahead at Winkleman Gallery.