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#Fossils at 13,000’ and we still rage at Darwin!

#Fossils at 13,000’ and we still rage at Darwin!

Takes my breath away, literally #climbingwithfrien

Takes my breath away, literally #climbingwithfriends #CB

#TreasuryMountain 13,535’ #naturereset

#TreasuryMountain 13,535’ #naturereset

Some paths are worth the trouble, 12,392’ #RedLa

Some paths are worth the trouble, 12,392’ #RedLady #Colorado

Can we reset 2020? #solitude

Can we reset 2020? #solitude

#pathways to a better place #aspencolors in CO

#pathways to a better place #aspencolors in CO

It’s crazy when you see a sky like this and you

It’s crazy when you see a sky like this and you are grateful because worse skies cover western states.

The news imagery this week is beyond imagination.

The news imagery this week is beyond imagination. It’s crazy when the world of realities is more abstract than art.

You could almost see blue. #fireweather

You could almost see blue. #fireweather

The grainy ashen colors change with the burnt soil

The grainy ashen colors change with the burnt soil collected when picking up ash. The #drawings reflect our new ash orange skies. #ElizabethTurk #AshDrawings #HirschlandAslerModern #ScapeGalllery

#CAwildfires are taking so many vulnerable creatur

#CAwildfires are taking so many vulnerable creatures. I love #drawing this disappearing reality. I can’t help but think we are watching a creeping extinction. #ElizabethTurk #AshDrawings #HirschlandAdlerModern

Thank you #SCAPEgallery for exhibiting the first p

Thank you #SCAPEgallery for exhibiting the first pages of my #CovidDiaries. The wildfires have brought home my feelings for drawing with fire ash. #ElizabethTurk #drawings #HirschlandAdlerModern

Like grabbing/ holding/ owning the ocean there is

Like grabbing/ holding/ owning the ocean there is something ethereal about capturing extinct forms. #macaulaylibrary #ivorybilledwoodpecker #prints #sketchbook #elizabethturkstudios

Shapes of extinction remaining in the ether, surro

Shapes of extinction remaining in the ether, surrounding us and influencing what comes next... have been the source of reflection and inspiration. #macaulaylibrary #prints #sketchbooks #elizabethturkstudios

In the absence of songbirds, I was imagining the s

In the absence of songbirds, I was imagining the skies. #macaulaylibrary #sketchbook #prints #elizabethturkstudios

#EchoesOfExtinction #TippingPoint #HirschlandAdler

#EchoesOfExtinction #TippingPoint #HirschlandAdlerModern #Sculpture #AspenArtfair Eco-Grown Cherry wood sculpture gives the sound of the Bald Eagle visual form. The story of Bald Eagles On Catalina Island is so positive. Nearly extinct last century due to DDT and other pesticides, their population has grown significantly. They can be watched by hidden cameras nesting on the cliffs of Catalina Island.

#ExhoesOfExtinction #TippingPoint #HirschlandAdler

#ExhoesOfExtinction #TippingPoint #HirschlandAdlermodern #Sculpture #3Dprintedmodels Representing that which can no longer be heard. I used an experimental biosphere paint in order to pull CO2 from the air. The effect is to create sculpture which acts as a tree... literally. These models are the first experiment.

#EchoesOfExtinction #TippingPoint #HirschlandAdler

#EchoesOfExtinction #TippingPoint #HirschlandAdler #Sculpture #3DPrintedModel #AspenArtFair The first model/ experiment in creating work representing the sounds of extinct and endangered birds. The more created the greater the sound of silence.

#NevadaCemetery #Goodsprings Feeling the emptiness

#NevadaCemetery #Goodsprings Feeling the emptiness of the desert, I understand my comfort in solitude.

#MormonHeritage #RobbinsFamily The second half of

#MormonHeritage #RobbinsFamily
The second half of the two of three wives, family portrait. I’m having issues formatting wives!
Thank you for moving to CA, to the ocean. The desert is gorgeous, yet very very dry...

#MormonHeritage #RobbinsHeritage Two of three wive

#MormonHeritage #RobbinsHeritage Two of three wives, how do you frame wedding photos? Great grandpa Robbins... or is it great great, please be further back!

#sculpture #marble #InfinityMeditation #MobiusStri

#sculpture #marble #InfinityMeditation #MobiusStrip Finally, the work of 5 years is crated! 1/16” kept the aluminum crate from fitting into the safety of the wood crates... never have we need to meditate more, so I don’t want “life” to harm this work! It is a relief to have the single line safe for future installations. Thank you Erik Risser for all the work you did to create an aluminum crate such that we can move the piece safely. Amazing. #GettyMounts

#EchoesOfExtinction #TippingPoint Sculptures arriv

#EchoesOfExtinction #TippingPoint Sculptures arrived in NY in 6 days- amazing! Thank you #Grosso

#EchoesOfExtinction #sculpture #TippingPoint Final

#EchoesOfExtinction #sculpture #TippingPoint Finally, we have shipped work for the fall #HirschlandAdlerModern exhibition. Optimism in the face of.... to be continued!

#gettyfireash #drawings #TheAirWeBreath As we head

#gettyfireash #drawings #TheAirWeBreath As we head into fire season, Covid has devastated our inmate CA firefighter participation. The fragility of the environment around us is ever more present, especially as we remember over a billion animals lost to the recent Australian fires. That staggering number is beyond my imagination. I think about the air we breath each summer, holding all that had been.

#gettyfireash #drawings #robin A robin keeps enter

#gettyfireash #drawings #robin A robin keeps entering my house, the symbol of perseverance... Something, we all need...

#gettyfireash #drawings The #hummingbirds have bee

#gettyfireash #drawings The #hummingbirds have been stellar as they dive bomb along the cliffs. Hummingbirds are symbols for healing, love, optimism... they invade these ash drawings.

#gettyfireash #drawings #shastas The daisy and sha

#gettyfireash #drawings #shastas The daisy and shasta flowers appeared appeared so happy this spring. I wondered why their shapes alone, enticed me to smile.

#drawing #earthonfire #SimultaneousContrast i.e.

#drawing #earthonfire #SimultaneousContrast i.e. when you look at one color for 20 seconds and then shift your gaze to the ash drawings. You will see its complementary color. Red/green, orange/blue, yellow/purple. What you are seeing is an afterimage, but also... the green returns to the leaves... thus, Life returns for a moment before fading inside your eyes...

#gettyfishash #drawings #magical realism All the l

#gettyfishash #drawings #magical realism All the leaves I drew no longer belonged to trees, but blew through open skies. The ash clouds are a beautiful red hue which was once the shade of their wood. I became obsessed with the bees and new “killer hornets”.

#pinecones #drawing #magicalrealism Lodgepole Pin

#pinecones #drawing #magicalrealism Lodgepole Pine need fire to open and allow their seeds to escape and proliferate. This is a great story.

#rootsystems #entanglement #theAirWeBreath There

#rootsystems #entanglement #theAirWeBreath There is nothing like the focus of drawing to allow me to “exhale”. When I gathered this ash, the leftover roots would disintegrate immediate. They had held everything, those roots.

#ashdrawings #naturewalks #magicalrealism #smallth

#ashdrawings #naturewalks #magicalrealism #smallthings
As daily life is increasingly surreal, i love the intimate realities. Using ash from fires of last season, it seemed appropriate to resurrect images of “small” things. #odetosmallthings