Just in time for D.C.’s hot, humid weather, Randall Scott Gallery presents photographs by Sarah Wilmer, who’s work offers a cool, dewy refuge from the heat and humidity found on the city’s streets.

Wilmer’s work consists of ethereal photographs of mystical characters that transport you to another time and place. To say they are fantastical storybook settings would be stating the obvious, but they are clearly enchanted. Her photographs consist of vivid greens and blues that highlight the dark, dank, moist forests found throughout her photographs. She captures amazing colors by photographing her subjects at dusk or dawn in heavily wooded areas. She then perfects the color by tweaking it further to get it just right.

In Untitled (Black Cat) (pictured above), the contrasting colors of the deep blue aqua sky and the vibrant yellow of the flowers make this piece vibrate with hyper realism. It is very crisp and the focus so sharp you can almost make out every single blade of grass in the photograph. Anticipation of the oncoming night is palpable as a pair of yellow eyes peer out from behind a rock. The cat patiently awaits the witching hour.