Author Archives: Chris

Photographic Mixed Media Artist

Masks for Aid

April 17, 2015 by Chris | 0 Comments

Distance Brings Clarity

Last fall I, along with 11 other artists, was honored by a commission from the HNC Living Foundation to make a special piece of artwork to raise awareness and bring financial support for survivors of head and neck cancer. I was charged with using a thermoplastic mask, one that had been molded to a cancer patient’s face as a tool for focusing radiation treatment. The mask is embued with so much meaning for the patient – for some a symbol of torture as they are immobilized on the table, for others a symbol of their own strength and healing. But for me, after living with the mask in my studio for the winter, Continue reading »

Embraces of the Sun

April 6, 2015 by Chris | 0 Comments

“Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!” — Sitting Bull

Dahlquist photograph of golden wheat fields

Mile Marker 294, 22″x34″

Lights of the Earth

March 30, 2015 by Chris | 0 Comments

“I am going to notice the lights of the earth, the sun and the moon and the stars, the lights of our candles as we march, the lights with which spring teases us, the light that is already present.” — Anne Lamott

Dahlquist plains photograph on gold painted steel

Mile Marker 291, 22″x34″

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Pick of the week, March 23

March 23, 2015 by Chris | 0 Comments

“Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring.” — William Alexander

Mile marker 532, 16″x22″

Pick of the week, March 16

March 16, 2015 by Chris | 0 Comments

“These days, in the age of movement and connection, space, as Marx had it in another context, has been annihilated by time; we feel as though we can make contact with almost anywhere at any moment. But as fast as geography is coming under our control, the clock is exerting more and more tyranny over us. And the more we can contact others, the more, it sometimes seems, we lose contact with ourselves.” Pico Iyer

Mile Marker 294, 22″x34″

Pick of the week, March 10

March 10, 2015 by Chris | 0 Comments

“Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.” — Paul Tillich

Mile Marker 453, 35″ x 53″

Pick of the week, March 3

March 3, 2015 by Chris | 0 Comments

“And we do not have to travel far to get away from our less considered habits. The places that move us most deeply are often the ones we recognize like long-lost friends; we come to them with a piercing sense of familiarity, as if returning to some source we already know.” — Pico Iyer, The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere

Mile Marker 532, 16″x22″

Pick of the week, February 16

February 16, 2015 by Chris | 0 Comments

“When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of spring.” — Madeleine M. Kunin

Pick of the week

February 9, 2015 by Chris | 3 Comments

“Solitude is pleasant. Loneliness is not.” — Anna Neagle

Traveling at Home

February 5, 2015 by Chris | 0 Comments

A German Filmmaker asks: What if we could see our own environment with the same “new eyes” that we use when we travel? If we found adventure in our everyday? If we lived at home like we were traveling?

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