Upcoming Exhibitions

April 30 - June 1, 2025

Opening Reception: Friday, May 2, 6-8 pm

“New Work”
Ingrid Ludt

”New Work”
Ingrid Ludt

In Cathedral of Birds, Ingrid Ludt presents a contemplative body of abstract paintings that explores transformation, balance, and the thresholds marking times of change. Influenced by Jungian analysis and the recent loss of her father, Ludt’s work reflects on the intersection of personal and collective experience. Through symbolic form and color, birds emerge not as literal subjects but as archetypal messengers—emblems of spiritual passage.

The imagery in these works draws from birdwatching as a practice of awareness and being. “Color itself becomes a form of identity—like a voice, distinct to each bird,” Ludt notes. A red- winged blackbird becomes a square marked by vibrant lines; a blue jay resolves into a rhythmic grid of Payne’s gray and electric blue; a swan’s silhouette is translated into a structure of orange and black. These abstract translations evoke the quiet luminosity of stained-glass windows and the symbolic resonance of sacred architecture.

The paintings—composed on square canvases, many overlaid by crosses—explore the cross as an ancient symbol of convergence, where opposites meet: conscious and unconscious, masculine and feminine, personal and universal. “It even resembles a bird in flight,” Ludt reflects. Emerging from the artist’s attentive study of the natural world, Cathedral of Birds invites viewers into a space of reverence—one where transformation unfolds in the delicate balance between what was and what will be.