For more than 15 years, Linling Lu has been focused on creating circular abstract paintings with concentric rings of color. Her human-scale tondos have been described as inducing states of meditation, color therapy, and "music to the eyes." Her curiosity and approach to music as a painter was first inspired by American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and the landmark publication Concerning the Spiritual in Art (1912) by painter Wassily Kandinsky, who taught at the Bauhaus school from 1922-33. The depth and intensity of color in Lu's paintings are also influenced by the Washington Color School painters, including Kenneth Noland, Frank Stella and Morris Louis.