Anthropocene Mountain - Framed by Tom Rossiter: June 24, 2020

The sky stays clear, and the clouds have all moved downstairs.

June 24, 2020 is a framed work by Tom Rossiter, from the Anthropocene Mountain series, made around 2020 in a cedar frame. Mirroring an image along a horizon is an old device of composite photography, and here it turns a flat skyline into something closer to a range of peaks. A smooth gradient of gold and blue rises behind the towers at dusk, with a strip of green trees at their feet. Below, the reflection holds a field of white clouds on blue, which the sky above does not. The cedar frame is charred black. It is 16 inches wide and 16 high.

Midsummer, arranged with a sense of humor.