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Hello May, looking forward to knowing you. April was a fairly robust month - juried a couple of art shows, made tiny clay things, crocheted more necklaces (adorned with amulet critter charms), and hammered down on the canyon painting process.

Newsflash: I don’t really care for making big work at this point in life. I like the mark-making of small work. I like the closeness and quietness of small work. Not to mention its portability. I know…broken record, right? But what if I made small work big? How would it translate?

Would it be like the game, Telephone, where a message is whispered from person to person only to reveal a string of gibberish when the original and final messages are compared? I’m on the road to find out. Understanding Copy Canyon seems like a fitting name for the series.

18”x18” prints were made of 5”.5”x5”.5” canyon landscapes on matboard. Those prints were mounted onto wood panels and then painted over creating an iteration of the original. The same process was used with 8”x8” prints of 2.75”x2.75” works on matboard. How many times can they be enlarged?

"No one was there to watch it burn.”

(left) No One’s Fire, 8”x8”, Flashe on wood panel | (right) Gentle Fire, 2.75”x2.75”, Flashe and paint marker on matboard

"There was no difference between them and the canyon walls, tall grasses, and dark earth. They belonged to the landscape completely.”

(left) Completely, 18”x18”, Flashe on wood panel | (right) When the Wind Died, 5.5”x5.5”, Flashe and paint marker on matboard

"In the sun, the grass shined the same blue as the canyon.”

(left) Blue, 8”x8”, Flashe and paint marker on wood panel | (right) Green Scrub, 2.75”x2.75”, Flashe and paint marker on matboard

 

STUDIES

More canyons that may or may not enter the canyon copy process.

“She knew her visit had come to an end.” | Phases, 5.5”x5.5”, Flashe on matboard

“The sky felt heavy with the distant smoke.” | Smoke Canyon, 2.25”x2.25”, Flashe on matboard

 

ALTARS | GUIDES | AMULETS

Dog Amulet Necklace (Friendship Guide)

“Dog helps to reach the places you don’t yet know.”

Buffalo Amulet Necklace (Groundedness)

“Monk’s mass filled space the same way a mountain did. He was eternal as if his heavy bison hooves sprouted directly from the landscape.”

Possum Amulet Charm (Resourcefulness)

“After the threat was gone, Pearl seemingly rose from the dead and scrambled away. The opossum had been very much alive during the encounter, she was just practicing her mastery of self-preservation.”

Armadillo Amulet Charm (Autonomy)

“Artemis was intensely focused on foraging. With her snout to the ground, the armadillo carried on, perfectly content at being alone on her quest.”

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DOUBLE OR TRIPLE | Adaptation

“Pick a path and walk it till the end but welcome changes along the way.”

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Dust Covered Dusk | Original Painting

“Dusk was darker with the slow swirling dust.”

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Dove Adult T-Shirt (Unisex)

Drinking morning coffee + Listening to a mourning dove call = An awesome experience.

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Patience, Bumble Bee | Original Painting

“They waited in the truck on the shoulder of the road. She hummed and watched a bumble bee and thought, people travel great distances to see this landscape.”

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Progress of Lolly and the Mutant Monster Plants painting. This might be my magnum opus. Most everyone is blocked in but according to Emmie Bean the Wonder Machine, we are still missing a few players. (A slug to name one.) I’m hoping to have it completed before she graduates high school.

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Documenting my landscape through paintings and storytelling.

Hi, I’m Layla! I am a painter with a focus on southwestern landscapes and the author/illustrator of a children’s story series called The Lolly Stories. The exploration of home, nature, and storytelling are the major components of both my painting practice and illustrations.

 

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