Karen Lynn Ingalls, American
Beautiful Morning
This work incorporates the ashes from the artist’s prior works and materials after a wildfire destroyed her art studio in California. The juxtaposition of the dark material which forms the mountains and the surrounding land and the bright hues of the horizon mirror the contrast between the destruction wrought by the fires and the rebuilding of life after the destruction. The morning sunrise also implies rebirth from the ashes, a theme that the artist claims is central to her work. The use of the ash itself as a material within the work plainly establishes the idea of creating life from loss. Label by Grace Moser