Salazar-Ajo Library invites you to view an exhibit by local artist L.T. Sparrow, on display until August 29, 2025.
Artist Statement:
Sparrow's most recent discovery of earth pigments right here in Ajo, has been a life changing experience. By her account, she has always enjoyed the depth of color in the Sonoran Desert landscape and marveled at the variety of color in the walls of the mine and the surrounding tailings, but never put it together as something she could use to paint with. Sparrow has been a painter most of her life, but never really wondered where pigments came from. Now, the process of mindfully foraging, grinding, washing, and mulling has permanently altered her relationship with the land, with the community of Ajo, and herself in a wonderful way. As a good friend pointed out, "the entire process has, by necessity, been an intersection of science, math, geology, chemistry, and art."
Images courtesy of the artist
