abstract Collection

WInter Sunrise

This series was a direct response to January 2022’s Snow Days, several consecutive weekends of exceptionally wintery weather for our climate. On the second Saturday of waking up to a magical blanket of snow and ice over our always-green landscape, I experienced the sunrise from the porch of  my second-floor backyard studio that, in the winter, overlooks half a block of our compact neighborhood. Dawn, that morning, came blazing in, piercing yellow and hot pink. The contrast of those bright, warm colors sparkling on silvery branches and rooftops inspired these paintings. I retreated in to the studio as soon as the intensity faded, determined to capture that new-year energy.

Most of these paintings contain stenciling of construction fencing from a neighboring house under renovation, one of many in a rapidly-evolving neighborhood. It served as metaphor for the change taking place around us, and within us, especially at the new year. The color persists behind that blanket of snow and change, just as the spirit and history of communities, families, and individuals, persist despite dramatic transformation.