Door into Summer by Mark Andres
- Title: Door into Summer
- Artist: Mark Andres
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Size: 35"h x 31"w
- Added to collection: 2004
- Donor: Gift of Richard Helzer
- Campus: Rock Creek
- Location: B2/2 Hallway outside rm 257
When Richard Helzer received the Gordon Galbraith Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2004, it came with a $1500 stipend, which he wanted to use to buy art for Rock Creek Campus. Â He bought a drawing by Joseph Mann (Dawn Sterns) and this painting by Mark Andres, a view through the artist's studio's French doors into his backyard. Â Helzer was a great supporter of artists, and both Andres and Mann were grateful to him for this honor. Â This painting of Andres' recently completed studio was an attempt to convey expansive possibility. Â The title is a reference to a science fiction novel by Robert Heinlein about a cat who won't go outside in the snow because he is looking for a "door into summer."