Shifting Ground

If I have a spiritual home, it's the canyons of southwestern Utah. Shifting Ground is the culmination of several years of visiting this area, with breaks due to the COVID epidemic and other circumstances. Beyond the sense of calm and happiness I felt there, I learned that over many millions of years, this monumental, seemly stable landscape had gone through many transformations: a sand dune desert, a tropical jungle, a shallow sea, a fertile river valley. Maybe it’s a subtle effect of the geology, but transcendence lingers here. To capture both a sense of solidity and mutability, I combined multiple exposures and then used encaustic wax and other mixed media for the final result. Unlike photographic prints, each piece is unique.