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Santa Ana

My piece for Light Grey Art Lab’s Never Odd or Even show. I wanted to do a piece about the dichotomy of natural disasters being named after saints:

"I’m deeply fascinated by the tendency for destructive, natural forces to be given otherwise saintly names. Santa Ana is a fierce, dry wind that bears down on Southern California in late autumn – she’s the patron saint of wildfires and downed trees, but also the herald of crisp, clean air and blue skies in her wake."

detail shot

detail shot

sketcha nd rough color scheme, looking at Byzantine art.

sketcha nd rough color scheme, looking at Byzantine art.

early concepts for a diptych of Santa Ana and San Andreas.

early concepts for a diptych of Santa Ana and San Andreas.