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Santa Fe '24

Define place – explore the nature of space and time, seek out the source of light, react to change and the experience, accept the healing source. Time in Santa Fe, New Mexico has been transformative with inspiration from Paleo and Indigenous Pueblo and Hispanic cultures; plus Emil Bisttram, Agnes Pelton, Raymon Johnson and the Southwest Transcendentalists; Tantric art, Taoism and artist greats Georgia O'Keeffe, Wassily Kandinsky, a myriad of modernist and cross cultural contemporary artists, 
all serve as major influences for me and my work.
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I continue to explore the synesthetic potential of abstraction. Inspired by nature and the human condition, for me the painting process is an art form that has the potential to generate a formidable intellectual, physical and emotional response to our collective experience. Exploring process as new and previously created paintings and photographs inspire a hybrid of elements, multi-generation digital imagery scrambled; mixed media, latex enamel, acrylic paint layered in compound color, texture and image integration on canvas. I strive to develop an orchestration of visual elements in painting for color, light, space and surface evolution. This exploration  provides me a direct lineage to a broad cultural matrix, while the integration offers a reconnective
​and healing power – like a haiku, simple yet so complex. – MD ‘23

Art works are available for exhibition and purchase unless otherwise noted. For painting specs without credit lines under the image, click and hold cursor over image. Thank you for your interest and support!
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These juxtaposed photos reveal the important nature of process in the evolution of my work. On the left is a small ink drawing I did on a recent trip to the Yucatan. On the right is an installation view of my most recent exhibition at the Duluth Art Institute (2023) noting two large scale mixed media paintings on canvas that evolved from that small ink drawing - remixed source material!
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"Over Arroyo - Santa Fe Landscape I", remixed multi-generational source material, altered digital image on canvas, mounted on birch plywood, 12"x36", 2024
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"Over Arroyo - Santa Fe Landscape II", remixed multi-generational source material, altered digital image on canvas, mounted on birch plywood, 12"x36", 2024
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"Over Arroyo - Santa Fe Landscape IIl", remixed multi-generational source material, altered digital image on canvas, mounted on birch plywood, 12"x36", 2024
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Studio view - Santa Fe '24
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Studio view - Santa Fe '24
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"Spire and Oval Forms", mixed media, remixed multi-generational source material, altered digital image, latex enamel, acrylic on canvas, 24"x18", 2023
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"Blue Mound view - near Buffalo Ridge", remixed source material, multi-generational image, latex enamel, acrylic on canvas, 16"x20", 2023
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"Blue Mound View: Near Buffalo Ridge lV", mixed media, remixed multi-generational source material, altered digital image, latex enamel, acrylic on photo paper, 8"x12"x1.5" mounted on wood, 2023
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"Blue Mound view - near Buffalo Ridge ll", mixed media, remixed source material, altered digital image, latex enamel, acrylic on canvas, 16"x20", 2023
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"Spire with Moon Forms", mixed media, remixed source material, altered digital image, latex enamel, acrylic on canvas, 30"x30", 2023
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"Over Arroyo - dark sky", mixed media, remixed multi-generational source material, altered digital image, latex enamel, acrylic on canvas, 15"x30", 2023
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"Over Arroyo - snowscape", mixed media, remixed multi-generational source material, altered digital image, latex enamel, acrylic on canvas, 15"x30", 2023
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"Rio Grande Gorge near Pilar", mixed media, altered digital image, remixed multi-generational source material, latex enamel, acrylic on canvas, 26" x 32", 2023
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"Rio Grande Gorge at Sunset near Pilar ll", mixed media, altered digital image, remixed multi-generational source material, latex enamel, acrylic on canvas, 32"x26", 2023
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Installation view: Duluth Art Institute solo exhibition 2023 : "Martin DeWitt: Our Common Origins - Color Variations + Hybrid Forms, 2023. (l) Color Variation series; (c) Yucatan Dream series; (r) Probable Spirit Line series (inspired by Santa Fe visits 2014-19)