Dust Devil

Artist Eddie Dominguez born 1957 Tucumcari, New Mexico; lives Lincoln, Nebraska

Date2013

Mediumpastel on paper

Dimensionssheet: 24 × 18 in. (61 × 45.7 cm)
frame: 33 1/4 × 27 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (84.5 × 69.2 × 3.2 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings, Pastels & Watercolors

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Ray Graham

Object numberPC2020.8.24

DescriptionA drawing of a landscape with a large, swirling column of dust at center. The low horizon line features trees and houses beneath a cloudy sky.

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Eddie Dominguez

born 1957 Tucumcari, New Mexico; lives Lincoln, Nebraska

Dust Devil

2013

pastel on paper

gift of Ray Graham

PC2020.8.24

Eddie Dominguez’s formidable dust devil overshadows the surrounding houses and trees. Through his loose and soft mark-making, the artist emulates the motions of the wind and the feel of dust; familiar to most residents of New Mexico. Crossing between different media from ceramics, sculpture, drawing and painting, Dominguez creates artwork that is informed by his love of the land, a sense of nostalgia for his home state of New Mexico, and themes addressing culture and social issues.

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Remolino de polvo

2013

pintura al pastel sobre papel

obsequio de Ray Graham

PC2020.8.24

El inmenso remolino de polvo de Eddie Dominguez eclipsa en la imagen a los árboles y las casas circundantes. A través de sus trazos suaves y dispersos, el artista emula el movimiento del viento y la sensación del polvo tan familiar para la mayoría de residentes de Nuevo México. En un cruce de medios diversos que van desde la cerámica, la escultura, el dibujo y la pintura, Dominguez crea obras de arte impregnadas de su amor por la tierra, un sentido de nostalgia hacia su estado natal de Nuevo México y temas que tocan la cultura y los problemas sociales.