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Dutch Boy paint sample, ink, 2.5" x 2.5", 2009

Atta sexdens leaf cutter ant tracks in water-based ink on Dutch Boy paint sample, executed at Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Yasuni Reserve, Ecuador.
In collaboration with Dr. Peter Wetherwax.

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Detail, Acrylic, ink, and house paint on canvas, 72” x 72”, 2010

Painting based on "R".

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Archival digital print 1 of 35 sections, each 17” x 22 (detail)

Enlarged digital print of R showing the materiality of the dried ink and the half-tone dots of the paint sample from the ant’s point of view.

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Site document, 2010

RRR distributed on field site over Atta sexdens leaf cutter ant colony, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Yasuni Reserve, Ecuador, with fresh ant tracks.

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Site Document, 2010

RRR distributed on field site over Atta sexdens leaf cutter ant colony, Tiputini Biodiversity Station, Yasuni Reserve, Ecuador, with fresh ant tracks.

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Installation documentation, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR, 2012

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Installation documentation, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR, 2012

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