Louise Farnsworth never put on a major exhibit in Utah or really associated with any other Utah artists with the exception of her cousin Lee Greene Richards. In fact, she came to isolate herself from those from whom she received little approval. According to the artist Ted Wassmer, whose wife Judy was related to Farnsworth, Farnsworth turned into an embittered recluse who was reluctant to show her work in Utah. She found more acceptance in New York, where she had her first solo exhibition in 1934 at the Montross Gallery. Another solo exhibition of 39 pastel landscapes followed at the same gallery in 1938.
Several canvases show particularly good authority in handling, and strong, earthy, colors.
The simplicity of the mountain masses. . . . Her work has a freedom of brush that takes on a life apart from the scene being depicted. The texture of paint and brilliance of color take on a unique life of their own. Louise Richards Farnsworth died in 1969, evidently an expatriate of her native state but a pioneer in color and style .