When I took this image at Katerskill Creek, I was keenly aware that I was just downstream from Katerskill Falls, famously painted by Thomas Cole. At that moment, I felt I was experiencing the landscape as he might have. It inspired me to find a way to convey that timeless quality in my coastal landscape imagery. But never did I imagine that my interpretation would be in an exhibit with works by Cole and other Hudson River School Painters, including Frederick Church, Thomas Eakins, William Bradford, John F. Kensett, Frederic Edwin Church, and Albert Bierstadt.

Currently on display at the Whaling Museum. Katerskill Gap by John Frederick Kensett, Katerskill Creek by Deb Ehrens

I am beyond thrilled that Katerskill Creek is part of RE/FRAMING THE VIEW: NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN LANDSCAPES at the New Bedford Whaling Museum from October 28-May 14th. The goal of the exhibition is not just a celebration of nineteenth-century artists. It aims to recast American landscape painting in a way that will engender meaningful conversations about historical and contemporary events. For details about talks and events related to the exhibit, click here.