Jill O'Bryan making a Desert Frottage.
Photo: Alison Sirico
Jill O’Bryan splits her time between New York City and wide-open spaces in New Mexico. She maps resonances created during dynamic and meditative interactions with elements of nature. Breath Drawings are made during breathing meditations. Breathing into the Moon paintings are contemplations of our collective time spent under the moon. Desert Frottages are large graphite rubbings of land. To create the Element Paintings she is guided by Buddhist color iconography: blue/sky, yellow/earth, green/water, and red/fire.