Los Alamos is an unusual place in our unusual state –- it has no mayor and it county is tiny; and yet its per capita income is $86k, almost double that of its more famous neighbors in Santa Fe County. It has been a home to engineers and scientists from around the world since the Los Alamos Labs were founded; yet it is a uniquely local place, surrounded on all sides by the intense beauty of the Northern New Mexico landscape it inhabits. 

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“Desert Hare’s Leap” was commissioned as the first in a series of similar projects around Downtown. As a proof of concept, folks could witness a successful example of creative placemaking, and begin to dream about what comes next. I was thrilled to work with a Main Street organization for the first time, as I share values with its mission and with the amazing creatives who work there. I look forward to more projects with Main Street organizations around the state and the region.

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Thanks to LAMS Executive Director Jacquelyn Connolly for the opportunity, project management and hands-on painting; to her Graphic Designer, Vai Reddy-Kruse, for her focus and skill in painting sticks, bushes and more; and to Youth Artist Blue for making sense of my rocks.