Sangré de Cristo
Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico
(2004-2006)
Mahogany Melange (2005)
My time at the Santa Fe Institute remains the most productive creative period in my life. I arrived in the Spring of 2004, establishing a workspace in the former pool house at the Institute. Over the next three years, I would make 39 new artworks rendering the flora of the southwest. It was during this time I began making pieces in a new non-traditional format to move further away from the standards of photography. I had recently been commissioned to photograph some murals by celebrated painter Frank Stella and found the long, narrow proportion in which he worked was intriguing, and adopted it as my own.
Galisteo Roses (2005)
Hopi Dye Sunflower (2004)
Salsify (2005)
Eryngium (2005)
Aspen Turning (2007)
Golden Columbine (2004)
Fallen Maple Leaves (2004)
Three Aspen (2006)
Alpine Lupine(2004)
Mexican Hat (2004)