A QUIET SUNSET OR MOON RISE CAN BRING FORGETFULNESS OF MANY THINGS. INVISIBLE HANDS OPERATE SEARCHLIGHTS, PERHAPS ATTEMPTING TO LOCATE THOSE WHO POSSESS CERTAIN KNOWLEDGE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO DIVULGE THEIR METHODS. INFORMATION WHICH WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE TREATED AND GUARDED AS SECRET, BUT RATHER SHARED AND INVESTIGATED. THE HANDS REACH ACROSS OUR VIEW, INTO A MOMENT IN TIME DIFFERENT FROM THEIR ORIGIN. THOUGH THE FIGURES GAZE OUT, THEIR RETINAL IMAGE CONSISTS ONLY OF THE SEA BELOW A CLOUDY ATMOSPHERE, WHICH SURROUNDS A SETTING SUN OR RISING MOON. THE SPECTACULAR LIGHT SHOW, THE SEARCHLIGHTS, AND THE POWER GENERATORS ARE ONLY VISIBLE TO US, THE OBSERVERS. 2021 36” x 48” OIL ON CANVAS

SEDONA COHEN IS AN ARTIST ORIGINALLY FROM COLORADO AND CALIFORNIA. SHE IS CURRENTLY MAKING WORK IN COSTA RICA BEFORE FINISHING HER BFA IN PAINTING FROM THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (2023). SHE CREATES IMAGINED LANDSCAPES WHICH, WHEN CLOSELY EXAMINED, REVEAL EXPANSIVE ECOSYSTEMS OF CHANNELED ENTITIES, APPARITIONS, BEINGS, CREATURES, AND ORGANISMS. ELEMENTS SUCH AS LIGHT, WATER, STEAM, AIR, AND FIRE ARE COMBINED AND PROCESSED THROUGH SYSTEMS WITHIN THE LANDSCAPES, TRANSFORMING THEM INTO OTHER ELEMENTS WHICH EACH FUNCTION DISTINCTLY WITHIN THE SPIRITUAL ECOSYSTEM. SEDONA USES PAINTING TO EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VISIBLE AND THE INVISIBLE AND AIMS TO CREATE A SPIRITUAL AND EXPANSIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THE VIEWER.