Lightness for Dark Days

Today I'd like to introduce you to Katherine Bowling, a painter I discovered over the weekend in an Elle Decor article. I was immediately taken by her approach to light; the simple yet luminescent orbs that pepper her paintings, the grandeur of nature blurred into shadows and shapes. It reminds me of how Monet would paint were he still alive today. She uses nature in the same meditative way as he did; a quiet observer of the seasons, of small details that otherwise go unnoticed but through a painting makes them famous but still incredibly anonymous. Her paintings are luscious and iridescent. Fascinatingly, she uses a technique born of older times; wood panels covered in layers of vinyl spackle, mimicking fresco plaster. This allows the light to shine from within. So as we summit the shortest days of the year and live in more darkness than we enjoy, let these pieces of fine artwork create some light within. - l.o.d.