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Roadside whimsy (snapshot)

Somewhere along I-80 in Illinois, an extensive line of retired satellite dishes painted in whimsical colors and patterns marches along the roadside…

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Posted on December 8, 2020 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

Musicals (snapshot)

On our road trip back from Toronto, Fred, Michaela and I stopped for a night in Chicago. WE SAW HAMILTON! We were so…

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Posted on August 25, 2017 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

View from Canada (snapshot)

Our red 2007 Subaru Forester safely carried us on another long road trip this summer! Fred and I traveled east to Toronto,…

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Posted on August 8, 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

113° 53′ W x 40° 45′ N no.11

At the bottom of ancient Lake Bonneville, temperature nearing 100°.

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Posted on October 6, 2016 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

Bonneville Salt Flats (snapshot)

Hot, scorching sun baked the flats the day we went. I anticipated this stop more than any others Fred and I planned…

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Posted on October 3, 2016 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

SFMOMA (snapshot)

While on the recent road trip, I was fortunate to spend a day and a half at the San Francisco Museum of Modern…

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Posted on September 9, 2016 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos

Spiral Jetty (snapshot)

After visiting Sun Tunnels (see previous post), Fred and I headed east in northern Utah for a stop at Spiral Jetty, the…

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Posted on August 26, 2016 by artinthemiddleofnowhere in Photos
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