Frozen Time: Rebecca Bird’s “Niagara Falls” at Kopeikin Gallery

Inspired by a book of photos from 1911 when Niagara Falls actually froze over, Rebecca Bird’s exhibit explores this natural wonder beautifully. Some of her works seemed totally abstract at first glance. Just glancing from painting to painting, I could see a myriad of crystals forming, with stalactite-like formations, dark purple and blue ice caves shrouded in mist, stunted waterfalls, and scenic hints of humanity on the landscape’s horizon in the distance.