Bordering the landscape are aspects of these paintings, as though one is peering at a memory through more recent memories. I used it as a test sheet for other paintings. Remote Return, which features snakes flying in the sky, began as a loose landscape painting I worked on during my bike rides up City Creek Canyon. Snakes are a frequent feature in my work which stems from an experience I had with a garter snake on June 17, 2015, in the Red Butte Research Natural Area while performing graduate research. By then tree II had been sawed and hauled away, and only the stump and roots remained. I waited until the weather warmed the following spring to paint the trees en plein air. The tree in II lived for some time after it fell. Cemetery Tree Felled in the Windstorm I & II depict two trees which fell following the hurricane-force windstorm in September 2020. The Cemetery doesn’t belong to me, even though I like to think that I belong when I’m in the Cemetery. The magpies act as though the Cemetery belongs to them.

The call of magpies is the most frequent sound there. The first painting I created about the Salt Lake City Cemetery was The Magpie’s Pink Cemetery Map.

Many stories are behind these pieces-I have space to share only hints of them. Snail Snake City depicts locations I have frequented in Salt Lake City parks and trails, creatures of these locations, overlaid with visualizations of thoughts, memories and personal mythology.

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and AccessibilityĬlaire Taylor 4th Floor Gallery at The Utah State Capitol.

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