Clay Lipsky’s project, In Dark Light, is intriguing on a number of levels.  First, the work was created, for the most part, on a trip to Iceland and as we know, creating conceptual fine art images while in a foreign place, with no opportunity for previsualization, is not an easy task.  But somehow, Clay instinctively found a narrative and way of working within a concentrated period of time.  The other interesting aspect is what the work is about.  Making imagery about depression, about loss and solitude has to have subtle nuances that are at once personal and universal, and Clay captured this subject with emotion and simplicity.