Anthropocene Mountain - Framed by Tom Rossiter: May 23, 2020

Mist has swallowed most of the city, leaving a few towers and a warm glow to vouch for it.

May 23, 2020 is a framed work by Tom Rossiter, from his Anthropocene Mountain series, made around 2020 and framed in cedar. Fog and haze are common along big lakeshores in late spring, when warm air drifts over still-cold water. A soft peach and gray sky hangs over the Chicago skyline, its towers half dissolved above a band of golden light. Below a dark strip of trees, the reflection turns crisp, with a bank of bright white clouds floating in deep blue. The cedar frame is charred. It is 16 inches wide and 16 high.

The city is in there somewhere, taking the morning slowly.