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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross is a 20,000 acre working ranch
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Rock Studios 1 and 2, exterior
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
View from my worktable
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Panel 91, in process
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Panel 20 underdrawing
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Panel 112, All the Panels I Couldn't Paint, from Quilt
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
View from Rock 2 studio, UCross Foundation
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Panel 91, All the Panels I Couldn't Paint from Quilt
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Panel 20, the first All the Panels I Couldn't Paint "blow up" painting
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
View from Rock 2 studio, UCross Foundation
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
View from Rock 2 studio, UCross Foundation
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Mask for Panel 116
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
View from Rock 2 studio, UCross Foundation
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Work in progress, Panel 116
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
underdrawing for Panel 100
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Underdrawing for Panel 100, detail
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Underdrawing for Panel 36
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Panel 116
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Panel 20, the first All the Panels I Couldn't Paint "blow up" painting
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Panel 117, in progress
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
underdrawing for Panel 45
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Panel 20, the first All the Panels I Couldn't Paint "blow up" painting
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Panel 20, the first All the Panels I Couldn't Paint "blow up" painting
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
View from Rock 2 studio, UCross Foundation
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Work in process, Panel 45
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Work in process, Panel 45
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Work in progress, Panel 100
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Work in process, Panel 45
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Panel 117
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
View from Rock 2 studio, UCross Foundation
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
View from Rock 2 studio, UCross Foundation
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Work in process, Panel 45
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Panel 117
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Work in process, Panel 45
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Most residents live in the "schoolhouse" - I opted to live in my studio...
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
View from Rock 2 studio, UCross Foundation
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Pheasant footprints
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Details from completed "All the Panels I Couldn't Paint" watercolors, these are all blow ups of the original patters, 5 to 12x usually
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Details from completed "All the Panels I Couldn't Paint" watercolors, these are all blow ups of the original patters, 5 to 12x usually
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Details from completed "All the Panels I Couldn't Paint" watercolors, these are all blow ups of the original patters, 5 to 12x usually
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Details from completed "All the Panels I Couldn't Paint" watercolors, these are all blow ups of the original patters, 5 to 12x usually
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Details from completed "All the Panels I Couldn't Paint" watercolors, these are at scale to the original quilt
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Details from completed "All the Panels I Couldn't Paint" watercolors, these are at scale to the original quilt
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
View from Rock 2 studio, UCross Foundation
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Completed "All the Panels I Couldn't Paint" works from "Quilt"
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
Ucross offices
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
View from Rock 2 studio, UCross Foundation
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
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UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March 2017
UCross Residency, February / March, 2017
I’m finding that the isolated production time provided by residencies accelerates progress in my work…so I was happy to have the opportunity to spend time at UCross in Wyoming. There were about 10 of us, a mixture of writers, composers and visual artists. We mostly kept to ourselves, meeting only for a communal dinner on weeknights. Although my studio wasn’t designed as a live-in as it was at MacDowell, I moved in anyway. Living in the studio allowed me to wake up to a breathtaking view as well as focus and push through a lot of work for the Vinland / Quilt project. I also finally got over the hump of how to deal with panels that were too complex to paint, even at scale. I completed seven paintings and several underdrawings while at UCross – three of the works will be included in my exhibition at Telles.
Much appreciation to everyone at UCross – especially Mike, Allan and Marty (who worked together to build a custom worktable for me!), Ruthie, Tracey, Carley, Shelly, and Cindy, who made amazing lunches and dinners for us!
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