The structure that rises before us is a floor-to-ceiling glass screen comprised of tinted stained-glass that replicates the silhouette of a tree inserted into an aluminum casing.

The work conjures up the sense of a breeze flowing through branches as rays of sunlight wander here and there among the foliage, tracing an orange rainbow awash with brightness and warmth. The broad scope of this composition travels upward on one side of the column, remains static on the horizontal, and flows vertically down, gently on the other side. It’s as if a gust of wind had risen from the ground toward the skies and descended softly on the column’s alternate side. The crystal-clear motion of light fashioned by the textured glass particles fragments the light of day, in keeping with the basic premise of cut glass refraction.

The observer draws a deep feeling of gentle calmness when standing before the vast motion of this work, as if it were a capful of wind fluttering through the air just as one would perceive at day’s end in late summer or in the fall.

“This work […] acts as a pause, a subtle and tranquil drift that flows through an uncluttered landscape that is both simple and familiar.” — Danielle April