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exhibitions

Frame of Reference Fine Art, Tucson, AZ

Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

29 Palms Art Gallery, Differences in Common: A Contrapuntal Exploration of our American West—exhibition and artist's discussion

Palm Springs Art Museum, Artist’s Council Exhibition— juror's award

Palm Springs Public Library, Earth Matters, Exhibition and artist talk

Archangel Gallery, Palm Springs

Reference Location
Desert Shores (Salton Sea), CA

Sans Souci

Photo etching and airbrush
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2014
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11” x 16”
Hand-colored photo etching of a weathered oval SANS SOUCI sign on a pole above a long derelict building at Desert Shores on the Salton Sea.Hand-colored photo etching of a weathered oval SANS SOUCI sign on a pole above a long derelict building at Desert Shores on the Salton Sea.
Part of
Motels & Roadside Signs
Palm Springs & the California Desert

A large oval sign spells SANS SOUCI in looping script, with a small yellow star and a panel below reading PEYTON SHORES. It stands on a single pole above a long, low, weathered building, between a tall palm and a dark leafy tree.

The reference location is Desert Shores, on the Salton Sea in California. Dennis Johnson printed the image as a photo etching with airbrushed color. Photo etching and airbrush, 11" x 16", 2014, edition of 10.

Also from the Salton Sea: Salton Sea Dunes and Morning Moon; see also Haven on Earth.

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Motel and Roadside Sign Paintings
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Grain Elevators & Mills
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Place
Route 66
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