110° 6′ W x 43° 45′ N no. 10
Floating.
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Amarillo Ramp (snapshot)
On the mid-September road trip I took with my daughter, Michaela, we visited Robert Smithson’s Amarillo Ramp. Like many remote land art installations,…
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110° 43′ W x 43° 30′ N no. 9
The objects I created in this ephemeral installation reflect the weathered bones scattered about and the rusting metal implements left abandoned on…
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123° 39′ W x 39° 9′ N no. 8
Sometimes we find ourselves in a dark place. Deep forests, even though there’s beauty to be found in the shadows, disorient me….
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107° 21′ W x 41° 58′ N no. 54
Stunning colors as the sun hovers on the horizon are the manifestation of fires blazing across the West, burning drought-ridden vegetation and…
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The day job (thoughts)
Like many artists, I have a day job that takes me away from my studio. Mine is at a public library and…
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Place/Settings
How cool to have a harpist playing along with projections (a three-image cycle) of my installations! I wasn’t able to attend the…
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113° 51′ W x 41° 18′ N no. 2
Traveled through the ghost town (sort-of, there’s one inhabitant) of Lucin in 100° heat for this installation.
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Vulnerable (thoughts)
I’m two years past my last chemo treatment, with no signs of the cancer returning. YAY! Along with celebrating, I’ve been reflecting…
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May 31 (thoughts)
“Welcome to the Marine Corps, Mrs. Rife!” Thirty years ago today I was swatted with a sword as bird seed was tossed at…
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