In her three enamel paintings on mylar installed within the Wave Hill Café, Nancy Friedemann traces intertwining patterns of lace underneath the brittle textures of barren tree branches. Resembling accretions of snow, puddles on pavement, or the movement of clouds in the gray winter sky, the artist’s intricate brushstrokes reenact the motion of sewing and embroidering stitches, enlarging the intimate gestures and rhythms of domestic creation to the monumental scale and complexity of the natural environment. Referencing her Colombian roots, Friedemann combines lace patterns depicted in 18th -century colonial painting with local flora and fauna, a practice which locates the persistence of domestic traditions in contemporary representations of nature. www.nancyfriedemann.com