Observation

In San Miguel de Allende, I spent my mornings on the rooftop, drinking coffee and listening to the city moving below me. In the distance, the Parroquia de San Miguel Arcángel peeked above the roofs. I wanted to distill the relative quiet of that rooftop—a respite from the bustling streets below.

Cold wax medium and Pitt pen
12 × 12 inches
Includes a black wood floater frame

In this series of four paintings, I distilled the essence of San Miguel de Allende—the colors, textures, and patina of streets and buildings allowed to age gracefully. I wanted to capture the beauty of those worn surfaces and the traces of time they hold.

I chose the mat and frame as part of each composition, extending the painting’s colors and giving these small works a larger presence.

Painted image dimensions vary slightly among the four works. Each is presented with a mat in a 16 × 16-inch black floater frame.

I wanted to convey the persistent cold of Athabasca Glacier. Rather than confining the white to the glacier itself, I let it envelop the whole mountain, with its contours emerging through the textured surface.

I chose the warm rust mat to echo the earth tones in the painting, and the black frame to complete the composition. I’m showing it matted and framed because I consider both part of the artwork.

Cold wax and Pitt pen
Image: 7⅜ × 9¼ inches
Presented in an 11 × 14-inch frame
$525, including mat and frame