Atmospheric Architecture Study
Preparatory study for the In Metamorfosi.
Oil on linen
183 × 152 cm (72 × 60 in.)
In Metamorfosi develops chromatic and structural techniques that extend the spatial ambitions of Venetian ceiling painting into contemporary atmospheric abstraction, culminating in a new body of large-scale paintings.
The illusionistic sky architecture of Venetian ceiling painting and contemporary cosmological ideas converge as parallel models for constructing spatial expansion within the surface of a painting.
© Elizabeth Burnim 2026