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It's been a minute. Okay, it's been since January. I've been deep in the work, and something had to give. That something was apparently this newsletter. But I'm back, and I have news worth showing up for.
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Wild Relics opened at the Hagnauer Gallery at the Manitou Art Center this month, and I'm still processing it. Thirteen new pieces. Months of work.
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Here's three pieces worth knowing . . .
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The hero of the show. Wild Roads is the piece that started with a feeling — Route 66, top down, wind in your hair, sun on your face, the Southwest opening up in every direction. At 76 inches tall and 28 inches wide, it fills a room the way that kind of freedom fills your chest.
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Built on a vintage steel-bound wood painter's platform, the work centers on a reimagined horse head emerging from a luminous field of cerulean blue and gold — part portrait, part apparition. License plates fan outward like wings of the open road, each one a mile marker from somewhere worth remembering.
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Wild Roads doesn't ask you to slow down. It asks you to remember what it felt like to floor it.
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76″ t x 28″ w x 10″ d $6700
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The Huntress & The Gatherer
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The Huntress & The Gatherer are companion works that share a visual language — vintage shutters, transformed ceramic faces, deer antlers, turquoise, cholla, and antique square nails — while each telling a wholly separate story.
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Together they explore two archetypes: the one who pursues, and the one who collects with intention.
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Both pieces are built on solid maple panels, painted with acrylic and mounted on vintage wood shutters, with dimensional elements that push beyond the picture plane into the viewer's space.
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40″ t x 20″ w x 10″ d $3600
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40″ t x 20″ w x 8″ d $3,600
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Come hear me talk about it — March 25
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On March 25th (from 5:30 - 7:15), I'll be giving my artist talk at the Manitou Art Center about this exhibit. Standing up in front of a room of people and actually talking about this work out loud, well I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous!
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If you're in the Colorado Springs area, I'd love to see a familiar face in the room. Come find me after.
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As always, thank you for being part of this wild, creative ride with me. Your encouragement and support mean more than you know. I’m beyond excited for what’s ahead and can’t wait to share more sneak peeks as new works come to life.
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If you want to follow along as the work keeps moving — new pieces, new shows, road trips to galleries I'm excited about — Instagram is where I'm most active between newsletters.
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