art in the middle of nowhere

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land art

110° 6′ W x 43° 45′ N no. 10

Floating.

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Posted on October 11, 2018 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

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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Posted on October 4, 2018 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

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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Posted on July 24, 2018 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

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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Posted on May 10, 2018 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

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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Posted on March 15, 2018 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

104° 54′ W x 41° 25′ N no. 10

Typical Wyoming days — blue sky, howling wind — are my favorites for getting out on the prairie and creating installations. The…

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Posted on May 26, 2017 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

123° 43′ W x 39° 7′ N no. 4

Signs of civilization are everywhere, repeating themselves throughout the land. You see the same utility poles on the California coast that you see on the…

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Posted on April 19, 2017 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

104° 55′ W x 40° 57′ N no. 9

Fires occur regularly near my home in Southeast Wyoming. Sometimes it’s a forest fire to the west, sometimes it’s a grass fire to…

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Posted on March 16, 2017 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

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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Posted on December 12, 2016 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

critiques (thoughts)

While giving a critique of my work, a gallery owner told me that I needed to decide whether I was Andy Goldsworthy…

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Posted on December 2, 2016 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos
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