Ripple III, 2024, mixed media on paper, 18 x 18 in. / 45.72 x 45.72 cm. painting The photo inspiration behind Nearing

The photo inspiration behind Nearing Conjunction was captured near the edge of the wilderness in northern Minnesota February 24

cutting her own head off

What will we have to gift our future generations with

John Affolter

Ripple III, 2024, mixed media on paper, 18 x 18 in. / 45.72 x 45.72 cm. painting The photo inspiration behind NearingRipple III, Clare Bond, 2024, mixed media on paper, 18 x 18 in. 45. 72 x 45. 72 cm. My work explores the deeply resonant connection we have with wild spaces, creating new narratives that run counter to the Western cultural tradition of separation. Centered on the journeys I take into these spaces, I capture the human traces and gestures I find there in abstract mixed media works