New Mexico, 12”x24”
mixed media on wood panel (detail image below)
If I am not at home in California, New Mexico is pretty much
my favorite place to be. As this
series has been underway, I have known it would not be complete without a New
Mexico collagescape. I was having
trouble deciding what colors I should use to depict the landscape. in New Mexico the colors are often
washed out, dull and dry, a condition exaggerated by years of drought. It all still looks good when contrasted
against the blue New Mexico sky.
Yet, you might notice there is only a hint of blue in this work. As I have been cutting up smaller and
smaller pieces of painted paper to make this series, I suddenly decided to take
my inspiration from the stone and adobe walls of pueblos both contemporary and
hundreds of years old. All the
time I have spent at places like El Morro National Monument and Chaco Canyon
played a big role in this work.
Now to decide, are the hints of blue the glimpses of sky through a
window in a wall or are they small pieces of turquoise…..
New Mexico will be
shown in my Collagescape
exhibit opening on July 29.
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