The Frost Garden

"One morning in the winter of 2007, artist Cy DeCosse noticed how a frost-covered, east-facing window in his home caught the early morning sun, creating dazzling blue and gold images. DeCosse spent the ensuing two weeks photographing the window’s ever-changing imagery and palette.

These images of nature can be linked to nineteenth-century romantic landscape painting. In that tradition and in these images, nature is presented as a focal point for contemplation and wonder. The frost patterns suggest the titles of the works as DeCosse photographs, though he sometimes changes them when he sees the final image. In Frost Garden, DeCosse transforms a common element of winter in Minnesota into evocative images of light and wonder."

— From the Weisman Museum show

Arrival of the Snow Birds	Golden Sunrise	Giant Snow Lily	Giant Blue Leaf
Crystal Cactus	Diamond Hill	Early Morning Light	Fallen Leaf
Light at the End of the Tunnel	Light in the Forest	March of the Maidens	Moonlight in the Garden
Snow Daisies	Snow Flowers	Snow Warrior	Stormy Day
Sunrise	The Golden Tree	The Palm Garden	The Silver Leaf
The White Tree	View of the Garden	View of the Pearl Tree	Windy Day