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Virginia Jaramillo's 'Green Dawn' // 'Dew and Spiderwebs' by Hauschka

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Published July 21, 2023 at 3:43 PM CDT

Virginia Jaramillo (Mexican American, born 1939), Shaman’s Dream, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 81½ x 69½ inches, Courtesy of the artist and Hales Gallery and Pace Gallery. © Virginia Jaramillo. Image courtesy of the artist and Hales Gallery and Pace Gallery. — Virginia Jaramillo (Mexican American, born 1939), Green Dawn, 1970, from the Curvilinear series, acrylic on canvas, 83⅞ x 72⅛ inches, The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection. © Virginia Jaramillo. Image courtesy of the artist and Hales Gallery and Pace Gallery.

"Green Dawn" can bring to mind many images: the first light of day touching down on the lawn, the first buds of leaves on a tree in the spring, a patch of evergreens among a field of snow. Virginia Jaramillo's artwork has a curved yellow line taking a detour through the expanse of green, a thread that you follow as it goes past the canvas.

Hauschka's '"Dew and Spiderwebs" brings about the image and feelings of a spring morning. As you listen, see if you latch onto, or follow anything. Maybe a trail of delicate spiderwebs through the dew of early morning

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Find more information about 'Virginia Jaramillo: Principle of Equivalence' on the Kemper's website.

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