American Seasons Wyandanch / American Season, Terra Firma / American Seasons Pinelawn

2018 Pinelawn (Ronkonkoma) Long Island Rail Road

"American Season" is a meditation on seasonal changes, living in harmony with nature and each other, and societal changes that come with the passing of time. Judge’s work is installed in three parts at both the Wyandanch and Pinelawn stations, which can be seen from multiple perspectives. At Wyandanch, that includes from the approaching train, walking through the Wyandanch station house along the overpass, and from the platform below. At Pinelawn, that includes from the approaching train and walking through the shelter shed.

Rich colors radiate and envelop viewers passing through "American Season" in the Wyandanch station overpass bridge and "American Season" in the Pinelawn station platform shelters. The bold lines recall the flare of approaching train headlights, or the speeding up and slowing down of a train. The symbolic expansion and contraction is punctuated with stylized flower beacons that are rendered in the style of a homemade sewing sampler. The recurring motif expresses the marriage of place, nature, and the technology of train travel.

Judge’s patterns and palette draw from variety of sources including Native American residents of Long Island’s past, textiles from global communities of the present, and American Craftsman design style of the station house.

Judge’s watercolor drawings were translated into hand-painted and printed laminated glass panels for windows in the overpass by Mayer of Munich.

Judge designed the terrazzo floor in the station house. The artwork reflects the station’s unique geometric architectural features. Concentric circles and lines intersect the design, suggesting the way travelers move through space, anchored by the flower beacon seen in each artwork location, and connecting the three distinct parts.