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“Asimple walk in the New Mexico wilderness both enthralls and terror- izes me. Suddenly, a desert thunderstorm creates whirling pools of
blindness or iced rivers propel an irreversible slip of bone and muscle. Based on treks to desolate mountain peaks and desert lowlands, my paintings ac- cept the rupture: eerie, barren, stressed, shadowed, beautiful otherworldly places cultivated by human-inspired encroachment. Landscapes where mo- tion, stone, and gravity collapse our imsy identities. Lifting our gaze toward form and emptiness, hovering between the seen and unseen. There are hefty doses of crushing physical side effects as well.”
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Before Earth
acrylic and watercolor ink on canvas 20'' x 24''
DaviD D’agostino