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Crinoid Ropes, mixed media painting with collage elements, on board, 14 x 11 inches

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I've been exploring imagery for the painted portion of an installation I'm building - the installation will go to the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in March.

 
 
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Budding Plant with Lion-Dog Guardian, 10 x 8 inches, mixed media

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It's a gray, rainy day here in Augusta, GA.  The sky is gray and even.  When I was in Santa Fe this summer, and rain was coming, the sky was never even - I could always see blue sky and thunderclouds and white clouds and everything in between.  I'm just reminded of the contrast - dry, fragile northern New Mexico, versus the rain and mold in this part of Georgia - and yet we're still in drought conditions.  Complex situations, aren't they.
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"Water for Santa Fe" - the collage is kind of a hope or prayer for the fragile desert and the many ways that humans love and abuse it at the same time.