Contemplation is an act at the forefront of Michon Weeks’ practice. With the ability to find the form as she works, her paintings hold a sense of wonder as the color-blocked planes are fitted together to assemble the scene. Inspired by the walks she takes in Northfield, Minnesota, Weeks depicts the natural and built landscape as a space of constant transformation and fluctuation, a dynamic scene. Shapes forming trees, gates, bridges, buildings, and other objects are situated within abstracted dreamscapes of ambiguous structures. With her thoughtful and painterly approach to markmaking, Weeks’ walks through her hometowns are mirrored on the linen canvases as her paintbrush wanders across the surface. Holding space for the seemingly ordinary, the works on view in Route venerate the beauty of the every day. Working in egg tempera and oil on linen, her materials guide her process. Instead of having complete control over the medium, there is instead a dialogue between artist, paint, and surface, allowing for the materials to breathe on their own.