LAKE TAHOE

For this series, I collected charcoal from Desolation Wilderness, volcanic basalt from Mount Pluto, sandstone from the Carson Valley, granite, and water from the lake itself to mix with the pigments to make the paint.

Lake Tahoe is one of the purest glacial lakes in the USA, with a purity of 99.994%. This history of Lake Tahoe is held with the traditional custodians, the Washoe Tribe, who held the Lake as sacred, and gathered there in the spring to celebrate the seasons, the harvest, and family.

I have spent several years living in Lake Tahoe, I now live down the mountain in Carson Valley. My studio looks towards the mountains that reach into the sky.