A Pause Made of Ice FRAMED

This painting is part of the IN-BETWEEN exhibition at the SPOTLIGHT ART GALLERY at the Ottawa Little Theatre,
400 King Edwards Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada, on view from June 10 to June 27, 2026.

If purchased before June 27, 2026, the artwork must remain on display until the exhibition closes, in accordance with City of Ottawa exhibition guidelines.

The painting will be available for pickup on June 29, 2026, at the Ottawa Little Theatre, or may be arranged for FREE delivery within the Ottawa Valley area (Ontario, Canada).

Please contact ottawavalleyartstudio@gmail.com to schedule pickup or delivery.

Original painting by Iya Carson

Certificate of Authenticity

Media: Watercolour

Paper: 100% cotton, Baohong, Rough, 300 g

Paints: Daniel Smith

Size:  15.5 x 15.5 (40 cm x 40 cm)

Year: 2025

Place: Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada

Framed, with final frame size 20.5 x 20.5 x 2.5 (52 x 52 x6.5 cm), double matting black/white

A Pause Made Of Ice
From the In-between series

Viewed through a car window during freezing rain in Ottawa, this work captures a moment when the world seems to hold its breath. Forms dissolve, edges soften, and the landscape becomes abstracted by ice and motion. What remains is not a place, but a sensation—suspended between clarity and obscurity, movement and stillness.

A Pause Made of Ice belongs to the In-Between series, where weather becomes a threshold and vision itself is altered. It speaks to the fragile intervals of winter, when the ordinary pauses, and perception drifts into quiet reflection.