SUNSET AS ABSTRACTION

Standing under a sky at sunset, whether it is dark, cloudy, or fiery, I am in awe. Over the past several years, my art has been directly derived from nature: botanicals or trees and as featured in this series – magical and awe-inspiring sunsets. Abstraction depends on your perspective. I noticed that when viewed upside down, the sunset images appear abstract. It was as if I was viewing the clouds from above the Earth looking down. When viewing them vertically, the horizon appeared unrecognizable and abstracted in an entirely different way. Examining the sky from various viewpoints made me want to explore these images further. These photographs are printed on cold press paper and hand-embellished with color pencil or pastel to enhance, or strengthen, certain areas, or soften others. I have added rice papers to amplify the texture and color. The composition is then mounted on a black canvas and covered with a sheet of acrylic. I invite you to feel the vastness, the magical sense of the sky and the abstraction of the clouds as the sun is setting.