View from the Window | Vue de la fenêtre
40 x 32 x 1 in (h x w x d)
Oil on canvas

Not always saturated with hue, skies darken at times with heavy storm clouds. The most violent storms are crushing: the wind bowls us over, the howl deafens us, and the darkness blinds us. The sheer power of a storm exhausts our patience and resolve, and brings us face to face with our frailty and terror.
And while things may never be the same – trees broken that will not regrow, a crop that is lost, flattened by the rain – something happens when we learn what fear really means. It can break us, but sometimes it can also create us. A storm can teach us not to fear a shadow because we have sat in the infinite dark. It also teaches us that when the sun does rise, its beauty is potent.
Most storms do pass, and our small world is transformed – whether the storm wracks the trees outdoors or the timbers of our hearts. As Canadian artist Robert Genn wrote, “It’s good to trust the skies. There’s a lifetime in them.”
Melissa Baron is an expressive painter who resides in Edmonton. From an early age, she recalls watercolour painting with her mother. Baron studied art first at the University of Alberta, then at Julian Ashton Art School in Australia. Her fascination with the sky stems from both its dynamic beauty and the opportunities it presents for metaphor. She combines her love of art with her other passion, teaching art at every opportunity. Her work has been featured at the Gallery @501, and the Edmonton International Airport, and is part of the collections of the University of Alberta and Strathcona County.

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