In October, 2011, I was Artist-in-Residence at Petrified Forest National Park. Many national parks have artist residency programs: a place to stay and time to be inspired, make sketches, do some artwork, and begin to develop a body of work inspired by that park. In return, artists give one or more public programs while at the park, and donate one piece inspired by the residency to the park. Here are two of the pieces inspired by Petrified Forest's petroglyphs, fossils, petrified logs, animals and plants of desert grasslands, and badlands.
