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Gritty, industrial, and deeply atmospheric, "Smoked Landscape" juxtaposes the raw power of human engineering with the indifferent beauty of nature. The composition features a vintage Amtrak train cutting through a mountain pass, alongside two weary, cigarette-smoking workers. A smaller, inset silhouette of a laborer grounds the piece, while the backdrop reveals a stark, snow-capped mountain range and a deep river canyon. It is a textured, complex meditation on labor, travel, and the carving of the American landscape.
About the Collection:
Created during the height of the COVID-19 lockdowns, this collection represents a deeply personal return to art. Confined to a small downtown apartment, I began cutting up vintage magazines and historical books as a way to escape. These pieces are fractured, yearning windows into the rugged expanses of the American West—an attempt to commune with nature and ease a worried mind when the real world felt entirely out of reach.
Original Details
Medium: Hand-cut mixed-media paper collage on watercolor paper.
Support: Canson Watercolor Paper, Cold Press, 140lb, 300g.
Dimensions: 24" × 18".
Framing: Sold unframed.
Gritty, industrial, and deeply atmospheric, "Smoked Landscape" juxtaposes the raw power of human engineering with the indifferent beauty of nature. The composition features a vintage Amtrak train cutting through a mountain pass, alongside two weary, cigarette-smoking workers. A smaller, inset silhouette of a laborer grounds the piece, while the backdrop reveals a stark, snow-capped mountain range and a deep river canyon. It is a textured, complex meditation on labor, travel, and the carving of the American landscape.
About the Collection:
Created during the height of the COVID-19 lockdowns, this collection represents a deeply personal return to art. Confined to a small downtown apartment, I began cutting up vintage magazines and historical books as a way to escape. These pieces are fractured, yearning windows into the rugged expanses of the American West—an attempt to commune with nature and ease a worried mind when the real world felt entirely out of reach.
Original Details
Medium: Hand-cut mixed-media paper collage on watercolor paper.
Support: Canson Watercolor Paper, Cold Press, 140lb, 300g.
Dimensions: 24" × 18".
Framing: Sold unframed.