Sonja Sweterlitsch: White-Tailed Deer at Sunset

In her series Schenley Park, Sonja Sweterlitsch turns familiar Pittsburgh landscapes into meditations on stillness and time. Her oil paintings on panel balance precision with softness. Each tree, shadow, and stretch of sky is rendered with a patient, reverent eye. Sweterlitsch captures the pause between moments: a deer caught in morning light, a bridge suspended in silence, snow just beginning to melt. These scenes, painted close to home, invite us to slow down, to notice how light reshapes even what we think we know.