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Selected studio paintings, New Mexico, 2024–2025. Exploring the phenomenon of Wilderness. 

100 Views of the Dragonfly Trail to be installed as part of the permanent collection of Western New Mexico University. This project has become the focus for redefining WNMU's class on Creativity. Begun during the shut-down period of COVID-19 epidemic, these 100 16"x16" paintings depict scenes from past, present, and future along a 3.1 mile trail loop outside of Silver City, New Mexico. The trail leads through dry uplands and along Twin Sisters Creek, past ancient petroglyphs. This mini heroes-journey, along a trail maintained by the National Forest Service, is emblematic of rural resilience as it provides easy access to the outdoors, history, geological wonders and community. It serves as an on-going resource for well-being available to all. An proposed installation view is seen below along with selected images from the series.

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Time to be installed as part of the permanent collection of the Central New Mexico Community College in Albuquerque through the Art in Public Places Program of New Mexico

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Time. oil on canvas, 2021. 48x120"
Collection of Central New Mexico Community College, Albuquerque.
[email protected]     575 342 2099     808 W. 8th Street   Silver City, NM 88061
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          • Flatlands and Sky
          • Woodlands
          • Flint Hills
        • 1999 >
          • Fields
          • Edges
          • Roads 99
        • 2000 >
          • gravel roads
          • settings
          • skies and fields
          • wetlands
          • trees
        • 2001 >
          • roads 2001
          • rich earth
          • spring
          • wind and rain
          • trees and sky
        • 2002 >
          • flint hills 2002
          • soft spring
          • summer
          • quiet dark
          • fall
        • 2003 >
          • ragged spring
          • solemn summer
          • blossoms
          • ragged fall
        • 2004 >
          • dry spring
          • islands
          • space
          • prairie
          • ditch wonders
          • september sky
        • 2005 >
          • spring grasses
          • sky over fields
          • water
          • autumn stars
        • 2006 >
          • grasses
          • silent close-ups
          • skies
          • windbreaks
          • distances
        • 2007 >
          • portraiture
          • rain pools
        • 2008
        • 2009 >
          • rising spring
          • middle distance
          • trees revisited
          • waifs of autumn
        • 2010
    • Portraits
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