“View From Esperanza” invites you to stand on a hillside overlooking Keuka Lake in New York’s Finger Lakes region—not as a literal vista, but through the prism of heartfelt memory and radiant color. It is a landscape felt more than seen, a moment distilled into joyous pigment. A Lake Woven in Light The lake stretches beneath a wide, rolling sky, its surface awash in teal, aquamarine, and shimmering green. It reflects distant hills in bloom, with violet and lavender shadows giving way to sunlit contrasts. Carey’s brushwork pulses across the water—each stroke a ripple of emotion, not just reflection. Land and Life in Color Around the lake, slopes rise with lush intensity: fields and foliage vibrate in clementine orange, chartreuse, rose, and vibrant blue. Though rooted in Keuka’s real geography, the landscape becomes symbolic—every color sings, every form breathes—as if nature itself were dancing in pigment. Emotion as Composition Carey layers gold gesso beneath expressive oil strokes, so that hidden warmth glimmers beneath the surface, creating a glow that emanates from within the painting. Inspired by Matisse, Van Gogh, and Monet, she composes with opposing diagonals and gestural rhythms to draw your eye in an elegant “S” across the scene—lake, hills, sky—a visual melody of feeling. Story of the Soul This painting is not about capturing a place—it’s about reliving a feeling: summer sunlight on water, the peaceful hush of vineyards and forests, the joy of communion with a beloved setting. Carey paints not what she sees, but what she felt. Each work is suffused with her intention to bring happiness and hope through art, so that viewers may glimpse echoes of her soul gazing back. Inner Journey More than a landscape, “View From Esperanza” is a meditation on connection—between human spirit and place, memory and emotion, land and light. It offers a window into serenity, inviting the viewer to feel the enduring peace of a summer afternoon beside a treasured lake. “View From Esperanza” is a harmonious bridge between earth and emotion: a visual poem woven from color, gesture, and light—a place where memory and joy converge in luminous form.

Name Of Artist (So You Are Searchable!)

Cathy Carey

Exact Dimensions

24"t x 20"w

Year Created

2019

Provide details about the signature

Bottom right

Materials

oil on linen