Just a short walk around the Gila Wilderness area where I was last weekend reminded me again of the connection between the folks who lived there perhaps a thousand years ago, and those who use the land today. Fragments of tools, burned rocks from fires, shards of black and white Mimbres pottery, as well as nails, hinges, horseshoes and other historic items lie all about. Each little piece is a tiny message from the past. If we put them all together, we can read the script of the land during man's occupation of it.
"Sprung"
"Sprung" started out as a painting. The idea was a blossoming prickly pear, coming up through the pieces of an old Mimbres bowl. I wasn't completely happy with the painting, and added some cactus pads and blossoms to make it a better composition.
I like the painting - it speaks to me about the continuity of everything -- life continuing.
Inspiration: Pieces of the past juxtaposed with life today.
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