‘A tree becomes a gesture’

From the late Wolf Kahn’s (1927-2020) “Pastels” show at Morrison Gallery, Kent, Conn., Sept. 12-Oct. 25.

The gallery says of the artist’s work:

“These works are less concerned with describing a particular place than with capturing the experience of seeing it. A landscape can feel quiet and familiar in one moment, then strange, luminous, or almost dreamlike in the next. Kahn finds that shift through color, reducing the landscape to its essential elements while leaving room for something more intuitive to emerge.

“Wolf Kahn ‘Pastels’ invites a closer look at the space between representation and abstraction, where a field becomes a field of color, a tree becomes a gesture, and the familiar begins to feel newly seen.’’