As we gleefully exit an extreme winter on the East Coast, April weather is a poignant reminder to remain spirited amid fluctuating moods and unstable times. As the first spring flowers burst forth with their promise of eternal beauty despite all, a lively round of exhibitions around Upstate New York brings elegance to match. Tyte Gallery presents dynamic mixed-media work by three artists, while an exhibition at 68 Prince Street Gallery is an all-out celebration of abstraction by six powerhouse painters. A group show at Yellow Studio explores ideas around female representation, while Daniel Giordano, Davana Robedee, Kathy Ruttenberg present a magical orchestration of ceramics and sculptural artworks at Catskill Art Space and Caleb Weintraub shows colorful figurative paintings at Perry Lawson Fine Art. Meanwhile, Raphael Moser Gallery features one-color artworks in various mediums, and Distortion Society presents contemporary expressions of the ancient Japanese katazome folk art practice.…