Sears-Peyton Gallery is pleased to present a solo show of oil paintings by Kathryn Lynch. Time capsules traverses both geography and time, reflecting a lifetime of sustained observation and painterly inquiry. The landscapes include scenes of the Hudson Valley where Lynch now resides, city views from Gowanus and Tribeca, and more recent paintings made in Montauk, NY, where she was a resident at the Edward F. Albee Foundation in 2025. With their strikingly different atmospheres, yet related painterly forms and surfaces, this exhibition of Lynch’s works offers a view from the artist’s perch as keen observer, cultural producer, and witty commentator.

The passage of time emerges subtly through an unintentional reference to the seasons. For an artist who is always painting, these distinct moments trace cycles of growth, change, and rebirth in the natural world. In Uncut grass (2022) spring daffodils bloom in a field of radiant green light. Lynch paints the fluorescent glow of high summer flowers in Sunflowers in heat (2025) and in Sunflower night (2025) shifts into the deep burgundies of fall as the garden wilts and the growing season draws to a close.

In Winter woods (2025) the frozen flowers operate like silhouettes in front of the glow of the white snow. Across the exhibition, the landscapes take on the presence of portraits—rendered with Lynch’s familiar fluency in brushwork, light, and spatial rhythm, and animated by something more elusive: the shape, color, and emotional residue of each fleeting experience.