Work for Slate Contemporary

I had the honor of working for Slate Contemporary last year on behalf of their client, one who shall not be named but is in the top five Tech companies in the world... (I wish I could say!)

Here’s what I wrote regarding the impetus behind Coyote RainArray acrylic on canvas 8x12’ 2021

My wildlife work is about connecting with, observing, and "just being" nature. In this composition are references to the magic of high desert New Mexico: cacti, a coyote, an open expanse, illuminated mountains, yucca, sagebrush and massive rainclouds. The treatment of the subjects with their modular articulations is my way of humanizing the observation, to re-engineer the forms, to create a design structure and convey feeling. I chose the raincloud motif because rain is of such importance here. People pray for rain here, myself included and there isn't a better smell than when it finally happens. That’s elemental and powerful to me. The depicted rain represents a human aspiration and beauty here in New Mexico. Our expanding access to social media has also given each individual a “line” up into the cloud of collective information and connection with the world at-large. Each line is a symbolic connection to humanity that, in fact, permeates the very air of the whole world in every moment.