untitled / wind scape
for sale: $475
contact: spiralunwinding(at)gmail.com
acrylic on 11×14 canvas
I had the Big Hollow land feature on my mind when I painted this although this is not an exact reference of it at all. (Looks more like the Gooseberry Badlands outside of Worland, Wyoming.) But this fabricated landscape was just inspired by the impact of glacial recession formations & (( W I N D )) & overall timeless impermanence and Big Hollow was the original spark. Designated as a ‘National Natural Landmark’ in 1980, the Big Hollow is just over 6 miles west of Laramie and is a depression formation bowl, or a deflation, carved out entirely by the relentless battering of wind that’s been howling since the ice age. I found out about it after re-grazing Rising from the Plains by John McPhee which is just one of those geological TREASURES that makes me fall back in Love with Wyoming every time. I also read Ceremonial Time by John Hanson Mitchell per a recent recommendation and also loved the way that author folded a past / present / future story told through a diverse collection of perspectives on a square mile area outside of Boston. So.. maybe not Wyoming related, but still about land and the many peoples and beings who inhabit a space over thousands and thousands of years. Just brilliant and inclusive storytelling and still very relevant and certainly made me nostalgic for the flavor of conversations I had when I lived in a small rural town.
