Pantone has unveiled Cloud Dancer (Pantone 11-4201) as the Color of the Year for 2026, celebrating the transformative power of white. This luminous shade embodies possibility, clarity, and renewal. At Sorrel Sky Gallery, Cloud Dancer manifests across our collection in striking ways, from David Yarrow's arctic photography to Michel Bassompierre's pristine sculptures and the ethereal works of our Western and Native American artists.

David Yarrow's photographic vision finds its purest expression in white. The Statesman captures a polar bear in regal solitude, its alabaster form commanding the frozen landscape.  Encroachment reveals the tension between wilderness and civilization through stark white contrasts. In All My Exes Live in Texas, Yarrow transforms the Lone Star State into a study of light and shadow, while White Out immerses viewers in the disorienting beauty of a complete snowscape. White Mischief balances playfulness with sophistication, showcasing wildlife against brilliant backgrounds.

Michel Bassompierre's contemporary animal sculptures achieve remarkable luminosity in white Carrera Marble. Salmon No. 1 gleams with life force, capturing the bear’s powerful form in. Wasp No. 2 transforms the creature into something delicate and mesmerizing. The Game No. 3 celebrates the playfulness of two young bears as pure, crystalline joy rendered in three dimensions.

Star Liana York's Big Medicine honors the sacred white buffalo, a symbol of hope and renewal in Plains cultures. The sculpture carries profound spiritual significance, rendered with York's characteristic attention to anatomical precision and emotional depth.

Roberto Ugalde's Morning Winter captures the pristine stillness of dawn across a snow-covered, aspen-filled landscape. His mastery of light transforms a simple winter scene into something transcendent.

Rosetta's Snow Leopard brings the elusive mountain cat to life. The sculpture honors one of nature's most magnificent predators, its pale coat perfectly adapted to high-altitude environments.

Tony Stromberg's The Soul of Portugal finds white where you might not expect it, in the arched neck and flying mane of a stallion against the sun-bleached, whitewashed walls of Portuguese architecture. His photographic eye reveals how this color shapes entire cultures.

Rory Wagner's The Myth of Lazarus explores resurrection and renewal through sculptural form on canvas. The work's pale surfaces suggest the liminal space between death and rebirth, ancient stories retold through contemporary vision.

Ben Nighthorse's Rock Art designs in silver translate ancient petroglyphs into wearable art. The precious metal's natural brilliance connects modern collectors to ancestral traditions, each piece carrying thousands of years of cultural memory.

Robert Rivera presents three distinct visions in white. Mother and Child, White celebrates the tender bond between parent and offspring in marble-smooth form. Zuni Water Maiden honors the ceremonial traditions of Rivera's heritage, the figure's pale presence evoking spiritual purity.

Jeremy Bradshaw brings unexpected lightness to the collection. Spring (In Her Step) Chicken captures movement and joy, proving that even barnyard subjects deserve sculptural celebration. Bradshaw's work reminds us that white can be whimsical as well as profound.

Cloud Dancer represents more than the absence of color. It embodies potential, the blank canvas before the first brushstroke, the fresh snow before footprints mark its surface. Across photography, sculpture, and traditional crafts, our artists demonstrate how this color contains multitudes: arctic survival, spiritual significance, architectural identity, and pure aesthetic pleasure.

Visit Sorrel Sky Gallery in Durango, Santa Fe, SoHo, or East Hampton to experience these works in person. What appears white in reproduction reveals subtle variations, surface textures, and dimensional qualities that only direct viewing can provide.