近距离内射合集

Dana Patterson Roth feels defined by the waters she has grown up around, going from playing in them to photographing them.

鈥淚 really feel that I have water running through my veins,鈥� Roth said. 鈥淭he water of New Mexico, and it鈥檚 such an intrinsic part of my past and my present.鈥�

Roth鈥檚 current exhibit at The Wild Hearts Gallery, 鈥淭he River Runs Through Me,鈥� is a celebration of the waters in the state, she said.

鈥淚t鈥檚 as much of a love story as it is a visual elegy to the waters of New Mexico, which we are unfortunately losing,鈥� Roth said.

In her youth, Roth enjoyed boating on Heron Lake and jumping into ditches filled with water in Corrales.

鈥淭he River Runs Through Me鈥� includes 15 encaustic photography images. Roth takes the photograph, places it on a panel, then covers it with beeswax with pigments added.

The medium adds layers of meaning and physicality, she said, in one image with lily pads, the wax adds floating depth. In an image of sailboats it softens everything and makes it dreamlike.

鈥淚 think my dreams are of water, my dreams are of sailing and swimming,鈥� she said. 鈥淪o I鈥檓 able, with the encaustic, to add that extra layer or add the depth in some cases.鈥�

Roth said she loves spending time in the state鈥檚 nature. Her past exhibit at Wild Hearts featured trees in New Mexico. Focusing on nature, she said, brings her closer to the earth and makes her more closely examine the impacts of climate change.

鈥淭his show, I really wanted to celebrate water, but I was sort of quickly faced with the fact that the waters I grew up with were diminishing and receding rapidly,鈥� Roth said. 鈥淪o I combined a lot of different photographs, some that I鈥檝e taken in the past and some that I鈥檝e taken currently of the current situation.鈥�

The oldest image is about 15 years old, she said, with several recent photos of the low water in the Rio Grande. She included older images because she said her heart couldn鈥檛 just show dismal drought.

鈥淚 wanted to celebrate my memories, and so some of the photographs are more celebratory of times that have passed,鈥� Roth said.

Elizabeth Secor is an arts fellow for the 近距离内射合集. You can reach her at esecor@abqjournal.com.