“Solace: Photographs by Jane Noel,” an exhibition of comforting nighttime landscapes, continues with a closing reception 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Dec. 10, Ronald K. De Long Gallery, Penn State Lehigh Valley, Upper Saucon Township.

“I photograph my home place on South Mountain. Since moving there seven years ago, it has been my sanctuary,” says Noel.

“After years of care-taking and witness, I began a conversation with the trees and land. They are my teachers and solace in these troubled times.”

The Upper Saucon Township-based artist studied photography as an undergraduate:

“I started out very much analog and I used a view camera for a number of years. I still love that process, but now I’m digital.” Working in the digital format, Noel prints her work on a large-format printer.

Noel’s “Untitled” (2023; archival pigment print, 32 in. x 48 in,), as with her other works in the exhibition, captures the stillness of nighttime with silhouettes of trees and plant life emerging in the misty glow of illumination.

A former lecturer in information science and technology at The Pennsylvania State University, Noel received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Vermont College of Fine Arts, Master of Arts from George Washington University and Bachelor of Arts from Moravian University

“Solace: Photographs by Jane Noel,” through Dec. 10, Ronald K. De Long Gallery, Penn State Lehigh Valley, 2809 Saucon Valley Road, Upper Saucon Township. Gallery hours: noon - 5 p.m. Monday - Thursday, noon - 3 p.m. Friday, Closed Saturday, Sunday. 610-285-5000 ext. 7; www.lehighvalley.psu.edu/gallery

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