Living in Colorado, the change in seasons from winter to spring can sometimes seem to take forever. Our overall-sunny winters are often interspersed with beautiful days such that, even with snow on the ground, winter feels amazing. So when spring arrives, it isn't the sudden relief from the bitingly-cold gray winters of the midwest where I grew up. That said, I am usually eager to get on with the green, growing part of the year, and the spring snows that continue up through May often seem like a never-ending muddy season for all who venture off sidewalks and city streets.
Slow Shift to Tomorrow is about impermanence and gradual change, whether considering the passage of the bison as it walks, the reliable change in season, the natural shift of landscapes over time, or the long-term impact humanity has on our environment and the resulting effects on wildlife that share these spaces. Here, the bison is depicted with only an outline and a little shading, largely transparent to the background. It is only passing through this place, present only for a moment against the landscape. The landscape, too, is shifting, painted in transparent layers showing what lies beneath, before.
The art exhibit, Mud Season, that runs April 7-30, 2023 at the 40 West Gallery, celebrates spring in Colorado, and I am honored that my painting, Slow Shift to Tomorrow (30"x40" oil on canvas), will be included. Opening Reception is 6-9pm on Fri April 7th as part of the 40 West Arts District First Friday Art Crawl. 40 West Gallery is inside the HUB building, 6501 W. Colfax Ave, Lakewood, CO 80214.