coalesce, the challenge to seek solutions to scale, format and materials at a distance from the familiar realm of the studio is partly responsible for the diversity of this body of work. The Arts and Design program of the MTA, New York State’s subway authority, commissioned three works from Westfall for a station renovation at the 30th Avenue stop in Astoria, Queens. Perasma I and Perasma II, each more than sixty feet long, are first seen from the street suspended over an intersection, then inside spanning the length of the station mezzanine on both sides. Executed in laminated glass, they transform and transmit the light of day into a formerly dark interior and, at night, project like beacons over the street. A third mural, Dappelganger, presides over a seating area but also glows as the jewel it was designed to be when seen from under the tracks. Perasma II, detail, 2018, 8½ x 66 foot frieze, laminated glass m ta a r t s a n d d e s i g n , p h o t o © j a m e s a n d k a r l a m u r r ay