Zolla/Lieberman Gallery is pleased to present Rhonda Gates: Beneath Hyperion's Sky, a series of landscape paintings shaped by observation of atmosphere, weather, and terrain.

Drawing on the mythic figure of Hyperion, the Titan associated with heavenly light and cyclical time, the exhibition considers how illumination and temporal change structure both the natural world and human perception.

Working in layers, Gates builds her surfaces through repeated applications of color and line, translating direct observation of the Midwestern landscape into meditative compositions. Circles, grids, and linear progressions organize the canvas, mapping shifts in light, horizon, and seasonal change. These formal elements register the passage of time and the changing atmosphere, so that the landscape emerges not as a descriptive view but as an ordered system. Situated between abstraction and representation, her work invites reflection on ecology, memory, and shared experience, positioning landscape as a site of connection within a time of environmental and cultural uncertainty.