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108° 36′ W x 43° 10′ N no. 11

Continuing my series of installations referencing how we humans attempt to direct where water flows… I recently read Beaverland by Leila Philip,…

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Posted on June 25, 2025 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

93° 12′ W x 39° 46′ N no. 9

We humans think we can manage the forces of nature, and to some extent we succeed. We try to direct water where…

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Posted on June 20, 2025 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

73° 26′ W x 44° 34′ N no. 16

We humans think we can manage the forces of nature, and to some extent we succeed. We try to direct water where…

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Posted on June 4, 2025 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

106° 15′ W x 32° 49′ N no. 7

There are always consequences.

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Posted on April 24, 2025 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

106° 15′ W x 32° 49′ N no. 12

Intense light, intense heat, intense shadows.

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Posted on April 10, 2025 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

106° 15′ W x 32° 49′ N no. 33

Loops and lines. Drawing in space and time. I create the majority of my installation series on public lands, often on those…

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Posted on March 5, 2025 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

Wyoming Women to Watch (on exhibit)

Being one of five women artists in the WYNMWA project has been a great honor and joy, so exhibiting my work across…

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Posted on February 14, 2025 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

88° 3′ W x 41° 39′ N no. 27

It often takes me a long time to get to the point where I feel like sharing the images from an installation….

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Posted on April 17, 2024 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

88° 55′ W x 41° 19′ N no. 54

On the site of a former coal strip-mine in Illinois sits a monumental earthwork by Michael Heizer, Effigy Tumuli. I have conflicting…

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Posted on July 13, 2023 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

104° 50’ W x 41° 3’ N no. 58

The materials for these objects hung around my studio for a long time (maybe a few years?), just waiting to signal what…

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Posted on May 10, 2023 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos
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