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Shovel Mountain (Forecasting), 2016-2018, shovel, thermoelectric cooler, dirt, moss, ice, heatsink, Pepto Bismol, stone

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A shovel is suspended from the ceiling with a thermoelectric cooler attached to the underside of the blade and a ball of ice on the top side of the blade. A wire goes from the cooler to the ceiling, a large stone sits on the floor behind the shovel, a painting and a table are at the wall in the background.

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Abstract painting of landscape with blue volcano on right side, with orange, green, and white smoke rising out of it; a black sky with a linear grid is in the background, an orange river of lava in the foreground, three brown and green cubes are on the left side of the canvas.

The Grid Substrate, 2015, oil on wood, 18.5″ x 30″

Close up view of shovel with ball of ice surrounded by moss sitting in blade, a large stone sits on floor behind the shovel.

Shovel Mountain (Forecasting), 2016-2018, shovel, thermoelectric cooler, dirt, moss, ice, heatsink, Pepto Bismol, stone, detail