Anthropocene Mountain - October Moon - Framed by Tom Rossiter

A full moon blazes over the city, and the city answers with every window it has.

October Moon is a framed work from Tom Rossiter's Anthropocene Mountain series, made around 2020, in cedar. In North American folk tradition, the October full moon is often called the Hunter's Moon. A bright moon throws rays across a deep blue night sky, above a ribbon of clouds and the lit Chicago skyline. Below, the towers and clouds reflect in dark, glassy blue, turning the skyline into a glittering ridge. The charred cedar frame is crackled and black. It is 16 inches wide and 16 high.

The moon gets top billing, though the towers have clearly rehearsed.