Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

In 2018 my wife and I spent a month as artists in residence at Chaco Canyon Cultural Historical Park in New Mexico. We lived in flat in the Ranger’s compound and had free access to the amazing valley where a fantastic cultural network existed 1000 years ago, then was suddenly abandoned. Walking around the buttes, mesas, canyons, and ruins brought me closer, as an artist and person to the lives the ancient Chacoans experienced. These are some of the sketches and paintings I did of the experience, including paintings donated to the National Park Service.