Mary Ann Caffery has been working in the realms of photography and digital composites for a number of years. Originally trained in the fields of stained glass, and painting, her love of light and color are the guiding forces that drive her interest in her current series of images that focus in on aquatic birds local to our area. She travels out, just before sunrise, into the water ways to capture these animals in that liminal space between night and day, when things are just starting to wake up. For her the work is meditative, and almost spiritual. These moments give her time to pause and reflect on the beauty of nature. The metaphor of leaving the dark and stepping into light carries a heavy meaning for the artist, as she reflects on her experience moving from a time of unknowns, and the early years of the pandemic, and into a more positive and hopeful place.