George Ruenitz
Santa Fe, NM
Stake01
Mixed Media
45” x 36” x 1.5”
2023
$750
About
Ames, IA University - Winter Tree Drawings: Used a line to define the negative spaces created by the network of twigs and branches.
Los Angeles, CA Art School opened the door.
Mexico City, MXCD - Illustrator - Playboy Magazine - Art Director: Explored the play between organic natural forms and rectilinear architectural elements.
New York, NY - Illustrator: Created hero paintings. Large silhouettes promoting the idea: we make our heroes, we expect each one to live and act out our dreams, when in reality they are humans.
Todos Santos, MEX - Artist - Wire drawings: Odd bits of wire found scattered over the desert landscape. Part of the construction process, these linear elements, which when removed from their environment, become recognizable images.
Santa Fe, NM - Artist - Stakes and Sticks: Created artworks from materials found along the trails and arroyos of the high desert.
Artist Statement
Stakes and Sticks Where there is nothing; there is something. The creative spirit is always at work, even when following my dogs along the trails behind my house. During these walks I became aware of straight lines laying in among piñon, juniper, desert earth. Odd. Stakes, straight lines, forgotten land markers, were a revelation. I became sensitized to other forms cast on the earth: Sticks. Red. The visual meaning of the harsh desert landscape is survival or death. The stakes or sticks represent elements that have lost their purpose, died. Death is associated with red blood.
