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Our little winter emergency system. Collected wate

Our little winter emergency system. Collected water for the dogs, us, and the toilets and a little kitchen tent situation for heat. Thankfully electricity and water are back on.

Very occasional selfie to remind you how I look 😉#me #redears #nohair

Doing the PNTG2000 assignments along with my stude

Doing the PNTG2000 assignments along with my students. Diptych showing 2 results of photography on painting #acrylic #rustypainter

Details of Interacting Systems, repeating

Details of Interacting Systems, repeating

Interacting Systems, repeating. 2021 photo etching

Interacting Systems, repeating. 2021 photo etching, two states. the top image depicts grain bins being obliterated by a tornado. The bottom image is a print from the same plate after being pushed further through the etching process until the image breaks down. I see this as analogous to wilderness encroachment and global climate change initiating new viral outbreaks.....Part of the Southwest School of Art Pandemic Print Portfolio Project. Sales benefit the school. For purchase, visit SWSchool.org

Just a few snippets from Barbara Felix’s show at

Just a few snippets from Barbara Felix’s show at the Carver. The scale and materiality of these really sell the imagery. Worth checking out. @proximityartmedia #contemporarydrawing #contemporarypainting #womenofcolor #blackvenus #figuredrawing

This is where we are.

This is where we are.

Working on a print to commemorate the pandemic and

Working on a print to commemorate the pandemic and to benefit SSA Lots of process shots. Trying to make the image and the process play with each other - the top etching is of some grain bins being obliterated by a tornado. The bottom image is a print from the same plate after being pushed further through the process until the image breaks down... special thanks to @thecrookedspokepress and @margaretacraig for technical expertise and labor. #wip #system #outofbalance #tornado #grainbins #pandemic #contemporaryart #printmaking #etching #southwestschoolofart

The white stripes cover up the red leaving a solit

The white stripes cover up the red leaving a solitary scarlet streak flowing down the heart of the flag. #wip #flag #whitewashedhistory

The device may be gone but it’s message is still

The device may be gone but it’s message is still on its way. #arecibo #ripareciboobservatory #arecibomessage

Staring into the sun. #pilgrimage #vla

Staring into the sun. #pilgrimage #vla

RIP Billy Jo Shaver. #honkytonkhero #billyjoeshave

RIP Billy Jo Shaver. #honkytonkhero #billyjoeshaver

“Twist” is a collage from the exhibition As Wi

“Twist” is a collage from the exhibition As Within,So Without. Both astronomy and mining delve back into time in search of some thing. Mining digs through layers of earth that have been laid down over millennia, the deeper the dig, the further back in time it goes. Astronomy looks into deep space far back into time to understand the nature of the universe and what happened at its beginning. The images at the end are the mines around Magdalena site of the exhibition. #collage #contemporaryart #deeptime #mining #astronomy #kellymine

“Array (oxytocin)” part of the exhibition As W

“Array (oxytocin)” part of the exhibition As Within, So Without. 69 miniature radio telescope antennas spread across the wall in a formation based on the chemical structure of oxytocin. Radio telescopes listen to deep space for answers to fundamental questions regarding origins. Oxytocin is a neurotransmitter and hormone released at birth, nursing, ejaculation, and when experiencing awe. #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture #installationart #vla #radiotelescope #radioastronomy #oxytocin #chrissauter

“Objet Petit a”, cast lead, silver leaf, resin

“Objet Petit a”, cast lead, silver leaf, resin, soil, sand, rocks. From the exhibition As Within, So Without. Inspired by the Kelly mine in Magdalena (site of the exhibition), the sculpture consists of a lead and silver dopamine molecule embedded within a matrix of other materials Mining is digging into the earth in anticipation of locating a desired substance. The layers dug through were laid down over millennia. Mining harvests bits from the distant past for use in the present. Dopamine is a hormone and neurotransmitter that signals the desirability or averseness of an outcome which propels us toward the outcome. The title comes from a Lacanian term that refers to the constant sense we have that something is lacking from our lives. We are always searching for fulfillment but whenever we achieve the goal, there is always something more we desire; we cannot pinpoint it but we know it is there. The last photo is a rock I found at the Kelly Mine after the exhibition opening. #sculpture #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture #dopamine #objetpetita #chrissauter

Images from my show As Within, So Without. The sh

Images from my show As Within, So Without. The show builds around Magdalena, NM, site of the exhibition. Magdalena is an old mining town and the closest town to the VLA. The work makes connections between mining and astronomy as well as the human drives behind each.
“Objet Petit a” “Array (oxytocin)” “Twist” Stay tuned for more images and info about each. #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture #sculpture #collage #mining #astronomy #magdalena #kindofasmallarray #chrissauter

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