Badlands Residency Day 6

I drove to Rapid City this morning to help the staff arrange my paintings for the exhibit.  It was chilly and foggy when I left, but by the time I hit Caputa the clouds were clearing.  I saw as high as 56 degrees on a thermometer today, it was perhaps even warmer.  Everything at the Dahl went well, and I ran some errands before driving the 80+ miles back to the park.  It was early enough that the sun hadn't quite set yet, so I opted to drive back through the park.  I've had so much work to do since arriving, that I haven't been through the park once and was anxious to see it.  Always a lovely way to see the sunset.  Had dinner with a group of friends and watched a few episodes of "Neature' - 'cause nature's neat!  If you're not familiar with it, google it.

Morning fog over the badlands.

Frozen fog in the trees as the clouds clear.

Snapshot of the lobby entrance where my North Unit paintings will hang.  Through the doors is the gallery where the South Unit paintings are.

Streaks of snow melt across the badlands loop road.

Badlands Residency Day 5

Hopefully my last work day that entails sitting at a computer all day.  Finished the display for the visitor center and got it hung last night.  These aren't great photos since the VC was closed and most of the lights were off.  Will try to get something better later.   

After some more work on my soon to be released virtual exhibit of my Beyond Boundaries work, I headed to a friend's house to informally meet with some people from the regional NPS office that I'll be working on a project with.  Very exciting, more details to come once we have our formal meeting Thursday.  

Here is the display, which includes two posters, a print of The Slide, and the triptych of originals I donated to the park last year.  The poster on the left has the south unit's history plus photographs and paintings of mine.  The poster on the right is full of my painting images and an overview of the artist in residence program and my experiences.