The Far Side of the Sea

BONNIE LEVINTHAL
The Far Side of the Sea
September 5 - October 28th, 2025

The Cope House Gallery (<- link)
Awbury Arboretum
1 Awbury Road
Philadephia, PA 19138

Opening Reception:
Thursday, September 18th 6-8 PM

Exhibition Statement:

Bonnie Levinthal's work is rooted in the exploration and re-presentation of landscape. Through methods and materials that connect process with content, she creates a visual record of her experiences in response to place.

This exhibition presents a body of work developed through her responses to place, completed both at home and during time spent in Greenland, Svalbard, and Ireland. The paintings and works on paper explore light, weather, color, and atmosphere, using watercolor and acrylic, as well as processes that involve direct interaction with water, such as cyanotype and suminagashi. The dominant presence of ultramarine blue speaks to distance, depth, and the pigment's history as a material carried across great distances, mirroring Levinthal's own travels to remote landscapes.