These next two months are especially exciting for me, and there are two big reasons why. First: my new solo exhibition, Beneath Hyperion’s Sky, opens February 20 and runs through March 28 at Zolla Lieberman Gallery. There will be an opening reception on the the opening night. Second: in March, I’m heading to England for landscape inspiration and fossil hunting—two things that continue to quietly shape how I see and make work.
Varnished paintings drying.
The exhibition title references Hyperion, a figure from Greek mythology associated with light and celestial order—not as something to illustrate, but as a way of thinking about how light, time, and atmosphere shape our experience of landscape. This body of work grew out of sustained observation: walking through open terrain, watching weather shift, and noticing how sunlight recalibrates color and space as the day moves along—often while I’m out walking or even fossil hunting somewhere unexpected.
A few paintings still need to be varnished.
These paintings aren’t about literal depiction. They’re about energy and sensation—distilled moments like the stillness before a storm, the sound of rain moving through foliage, or the way light slowly reorganizes what we think we’re seeing. Over time, geometry became a quiet but essential structure in the work. Circles, grids, and measured lines act as internal frameworks, organizing rhythm and balance while amplifying environmental forces.
As installation day approaches, my focus has shifted to the less glamorous (but deeply satisfying, sometimes nerve-wracking) final tasks: varnishing surfaces, attaching picture-hanging hardware, and tying up loose ends so the work is ready to leave the studio. Preparing for a solo show always sharpens how pieces speak to one another, and works made months apart are now clearly in conversation—about light, atmosphere, and transition.
Beneath Hyperion’s Sky invites a slower kind of looking, one attuned to everyday atmospheres and subtle change. I’m grateful to be sharing this work at Zolla Lieberman Gallery, and excited to carry these ideas with me to England next month—back into the landscape, and into whatever comes next.
More details soon!
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