Heather Bird Harris’ love as large as grief demands is a captivating exhibition, one of four that can now be seen at Spalding Nix Fine Art. It explores the intersection of the materiality of natural pigments native to Georgia, the problem of industrial waste upon our environment and the personal implications Harris reckons with as an artist, educator and mother.

This poignant and thorough exhibition displays a beautiful series of works on paper, many of which are mounted on wood panel and conceptually point to something much darker that lies beneath the surface. They are airy yet sturdy, fiery yet gentle, strong yet soft in image with their luminosity and atmospheric fields of pigmentation. They also spell out a sordid reality of ecological crises.

At first glance, these works are lovely expansive abstractions, peppered with the occasional suggestion of landscape and childish drawings. There is an elegant quality in which Harris allows the materials to run their course, pigmentation dispersed through water diffuses and dries in formation as its physics demands. This creates a visual that connotes both an airiness and fluidity...

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