JO REIMER: Tent Rocks

Saturday, May 08, 2010

Tent Rocks

5x7 collage

A few miles west of Santa Fe and way out in the wilderness is a BLM park called Tent Rocks, so called because of the shape of the hoodoos, formed by many centuries of erosion. Where large dense rocks shelter the softer rock below, these triangular shapes are formed, some inches high and some 70 feet or more. I was inspired to make this little collage sketch.

3 comments:

Herm7:21 PM PDT
Great collage and good interpretation of the rocks!!!
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Mary7:36 PM PDT
Jo, great collage!!!
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Jo Reimer5:05 PM PDT
Thanks Herm and Mary. I'm sure these shapes will show up again and again.
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