Skywatching

During a remote art residency at Montello Foundation in October 2024, I started to notice similar patterns in the colors of the clear sky during different points of twilight. As a result, I embarked on a study of the similarities and differences of color ranges by traveling to various places across the globe and how the colors change or stay consistent depending on variables of location, latitude, elevation, season, and air quality. This piece shows Montello’s color palette at civil dusk (when the center of the Sun is 6-degrees below the horizon in the evening) facing away from the setting sun.

I will create paintings in each site I visit as well as document basic details about each location, capture photos and video, and record air quality and weather measurements. The pieces created in Montello are painted on hand-dyed canvas in order to radiate a subtle glow on the wall from behind.

More images and information coming soon…