FIRE & ICE Exhibition

Converge Las Cruces Presents FIRE & ICE

A Photographic Exhibition At The Unsettled Gallery

Converge Las Cruces presents FIRE & ICE, a photographic exhibition at The Unsettled Gallery located at 905 North Mesquite Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico, taking place January 11, 2020 through, February 29, 2020.

The exhibit is the work of two photographers; John Craig who examines the timeless landscape of Death Valley, and Alex Tullis who explores the magical landscape of Iceland. 

“The work in this exhibition has opposite connotations yet illuminate a single motif of the land around us; both artists interpreting the uninhabitable,” according to Deborah Sperry, Director of Exhibitions at Converge Las Cruces.  “Craig’s photographs of Death Valley are imbedded with eternal gyrostatic tensions with the passage of time while Tullis’s compositions of the Icelandic landscape highlight the intimacy of remoteness.”

An artists reception will be held January 11, 20120 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m at The Unsettled Gallery, located at 905 North Mesquite Street, Las Cruces, N.M.

Mr. Craig has been a professional photographer for more than forty years and has a Bachelors of Art Degree from New Jersey City University in Jersey City, New Jersey. He lives in Las Cruces, New Mexico with his wife Deborah and their two dogs, Jasper Johns and Coco.

Mr. Tullis is a professional photographer currently working for the YNAP Group. He has a Bachelors of Art Degree from New Jersey City University in Jersey City, New Jersey. His experience includes fine art, wedding, commercial and editorial photography. He lives in Blairstown, New Jersey with his wife Julia and their two young, beautiful children.

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Converge Las Cruces exhibits in partnership with The Unsettled Gallery in Las Cruces, New Mexico. We exhibit and represent artists that focus on environment, landscape, and climate change. The mission of the gallery is to converge cutting edge artworks of today’s critical issues with an up-and-coming art market.

The Unsettled Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Photographing From the Levee in Las Cruces, New Mexico

It was a chilly day of about 50 degrees with a breeze that made it feel colder. When you look behind me, you see the Organ Mountains to the east, and the city of Las Cruces to the west.

Finally at the end we take a look at what I captured on this day.

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55 Years of Running

I have been running for 55 years, it all started on a bet…

A New Chapter

Late last summer I began photographing “Drive-by Memories,” a series of black and white photos that included memories and perceptions from my past. I went to back the places I lived and loved and tried to collect a fleeting remembrance. I felt I needed to do this project to photographically finish this chapter in my life.

Now I am about to start a new chapter. At the beginning of October 2018, my wife and I will be moving to our new home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Located in the southern tip of Interstate 25, about 40 miles north of El Paso, Texas, Las Cruces is a city of just over 100,000 people. The Organ Mountains are only a few miles from my front door, and White Sands National Monument about an hour away. It’s hot in the summer, mild in the winter and it provides endless opportunities for photography, art and beauty.

My wife was asked by a friend, “why are you moving there?” Her one word answer was “beauty.”  And at this stage of our life we think beauty is something to behold, consider and contemplate, especially as the stubborn march of time becomes a determinant for of all life’s pursuits.