Dip in the Night by Leah Giberson

This painting started with a photo I took on our first night in the California desert after a long day of traveling across the country. I had hoped to arrive in the late afternoon, but there were delays each step of the way and by the time we made our way over the winding mountain pass leading down to the desert floor, the sun had long since set. Blurry-eyed from jet lag, we checked into our room, bundled up and went out into the cold to sit by the hotel’s heated pools as if around a campfire. In the dark, in an unfamiliar place, we could see what was artificially illuminated right in front of us, but could only imagine the rest.

Dip in the Night focuses in on the irresistibly alluring steps into a vacant hot tub. Using her signature hyper-realistic strokes and cool color palette, Giberson achieves a palpable atmosphere of a nocturnal affair. The bright submerged lighting reflects onto the smooth metal handrail with a reminiscent icy chill. Surrounded by darkness, the rest of the scene disappears into the night, leaving only the beckoning blue to guide your way. Lit subtly by warm light from behind the viewer, Dip in the Night leads us all on that familiar tip-toed trot across cold concrete before a delicious descent into a warm tub. Read more on the blog...

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Leah Giberson was raised by artists deep in the woods of New Hampshire. From her earliest memories she was fascinated by the orderly scenes and presumed normality of suburbia, all of which seemed worlds away from her own bohemian upbringing. This tension between fact and fiction in our perceptions continues to be a source of inspiration in her art. Leah received her BFA in painting from Massachusetts College of Art in 1997 and has lived on the top floor of a triple decker in Brookline, MA ever since.

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Dip in the Night

Leah Giberson

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