Heralding the Emergence of Spring, El Dorado, 2022, photograph, 9 x 10 in. / 22.86 x 25.4 cm. abstract painting Marie Rioux

Marie Rioux

while the intricate details of the butterflies reveal their unique beauty

This work reflects the aesthetics of that decade—when structure was breaking down

Central Park with Joey

Heralding the Emergence of Spring, El Dorado, 2022, photograph, 9 x 10 in. / 22.86 x 25.4 cm. abstract painting Marie RiouxHeralding the Emergence of Spring, El Dorado, Kent Wood, 2022, photograph, 9 x 10 in. 22. 86 x 25. 4 cm. Conquistadors sought a legendary city built entirely of gold, El Dorado. Hand coated platinum prints of southwest Anasazi ruins overlaid with petroglyphs representing the ancestral inhabitants are then hand embellished with gold leaf to represent the fabled and lost golden city of El Dorado.