Anthropocene Mountain - Framed by Tom Rossiter: February 16, 2020

Streaks of crimson and violet run across the sky as if someone dragged a wide brush over it.

February 16, 2020 is a framed work from the Anthropocene Mountain series by Tom Rossiter, made around 2020, in a cedar frame. Its blackened, crackled frame recalls shou sugi ban, the Japanese practice of charring wood to seal and preserve it. Long bands of red, pink and gray stretch above the Chicago skyline, with a thin gold glow at the horizon. The towers are mirrored in pale blue below, where a single soft cloud drifts across the reflection. The effect is of a city standing on its own image. It is 16 inches wide and 16 high.

Winter, briefly forgetting itself.