Not quite a landscape painter, more a painter of experiences, Mary Weatherford’s Forest Gate is based on her observations of the natural world, that illuminate her encounters with dawn and the light in night and shade. Weatherford reflects on the ways that nature conceals and reveals itself in her immediate surroundings, capturing fleeting and specific moments of natural light. The paintings are about possibility and transformation, yet quietly tragic. As Weatherford explains, “There is something sad about the luminosity in the sublime. Like grabbing smoke, you can’t hold on to it.”