In a recent interview, Judy Pfaff said "I don't trust language. I don't trust words." It is clear in her profound work, however, that she trusts materials and colors. Her work sways back and forth between representation and abstraction as she harnesses images found in her surroundings–trees, homes, textiles found in a market, illustrations of fish and birds–holds them in her hands, and recreates their likenesses in colorful and airy sculptures, installations, paintings, and prints. She moves between two- and three-dimensional work with a fluidity that feels natural and balanced, but also results in unexpected and delightfully surprising visual experiences.

This virtual exhibition titled "Judy Pfaff: End of the Rain" highlights a selection of the prints that Judy Pfaff created with Tandem Press from 2000 to 2017. The prints included in this exhibition reveal some of the long-standing aspects of her aesthetic, as well as her experimental application of multiple printing techniques and materials in each work. The exhibition's titular artwork anchors the show in the idea of "the end of the rain"; this white and blue triptych implies a moment that marks both a change and a continuation. The rain is ending, leaving a sense of newness in its wake, and yet nothing is all that different, just wet.

Judy Pfaff achieves unique atmospheric or spatial qualities in her artwork through an intuitive working process as she makes an image or form, adds to it, subtracts from it, builds upon it, and adjusts materials. Each step involves both physical layers of images or materials and intellectual layers of meaning and insight. Just as one can read the history of a tree's lifespan from its rings, the viewer can read Pfaff's work through the layers that she builds up and leaves accessible to them.

The trust Judy Pfaff places in her hands, her materials, and her audience saturates her work with wonder and sincerity. She has a unique ability to tease a profound warmth out of her materials, inject deep spatial qualities into two-dimensional artworks, and visualize abstract ideas through recognizable images in a way that elicits personal connections within viewers. Although often eluding categorization, Pfaff's artwork is approachable, inventive, genuine, and generous.