The June Kelly Gallery in Soho has announced an exhibition of Seasonal Impressions Paintings by Su-Li Hung featuring radiant, abstract images of trees throughout different seasons of the year. The theme of trees has long been a favorite of Hung’s as she tries to capture each tree’s beauty and uniqueness by emphasizing the strength of its trunk, the shapely and colorful leaves, the texture of its bark, or even the thinness and bareness of the branches in the wintertime.
In this series, Hung uses diptychs in some of her paintings to contrast the dominant presence of the body of the tree and its branches, with the delicacy, lightness, and creativity found of a single leaf marveling that in one leaf “I see a map, the wind, the air, the seasons.”
“The tree grows, leaves come, go, and return, evoking for me new inspiration with each season,” explains Hung. “Especially in winter, when trees lose their leaves, a wonderful pattern of tangled branches emerges, and the sky is revealed in this tangle as a mosaic, colorful tiles of light held firmly in the trees’ grip.”
Opening January 5th at The June Kelly Gallery (166 Mercer St.) through February 7th. The gallery is open from Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.
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