Welcome to SYNC GALLERY

In Beyond Roots, Clare Scott explores the quiet strength and complexity of plants and seeds

through pastel painting. Using her own macro photographs as reference, she focused on the

delicate structures and hidden energy within seeds, pods, and abstracted forms. Using pastel

as her primary medium she responds intuitively to texture, color, and light—transforming these

tiny, often overlooked subjects into larger reflections on growth, resilience, and transformation.

Phyllis Rider’s work in Beyond Roots is inspired by a majestic old cottonwood tree that stood

along the High Line Canal behind her house long before she made her home here. The tree

and its gentle hollow in its side lent it a unique personality. Watching this tree for over four

decades has led her to do drawings, paintings and photographs. The recent removal of this

tree was devastating to her as well as her community. This loss inspired her to do the latest

body of work which includes monotype prints from the tree trunk remains, paintings and a

variety of other pieces that explore the tree’s form, its essence, and circular motifs that echo its

enduring presence. Through this work, she reflects on memory, change, and the quiet impact

of nature on our lives.

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