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Ethereal Axiom Paintings, Ophelia Cornet
Ethereal Axiom Paintings, Ophelia Cornet
Chamisa: A Journal of Literary, Performance, and Visual Arts of the Greater Southwest
Ophelia Cornet is a painter, illustrator, and installation artist. She was born in Belgium to a family of musicians and designers. After a life-threatening car accident in her early 20’s, Ophelia moved to New Mexico for the dry climate which would assist her recovery. Equipped with knowledge in photography and painting from Rutgers University, she continued her artwork. Today, Ophelia pairs photographed images and oil paint to fête female protagonists in an intimate otherworldliness, creating dreamlike snapshots of the human experience.
Ophelia has been Lead Art Instructor at the Albuquerque Museum for the past 20 years. She has facilitated many …
Cosmic Desert Art, Mike Graham De La Rosa
Cosmic Desert Art, Mike Graham De La Rosa
Chamisa: A Journal of Literary, Performance, and Visual Arts of the Greater Southwest
The Cosmic Desert are the designs inspired by chile hallucinations, desert creatures, and the long weird neon nights in the Borderworld. Made with love on the banks of the Rio Grande.
My family is originally from Northern Mexico but I grew up in Northern New Mexico down river of both where Al Hurricane and Nuclear Annihilation were originally created. Amongst chollas, rattle snakes, and river willow, the imagining of New Mexico permeates the landscapes. The Cosmic Desert is inhabited lowriders, taco trucks, neon adobe bars, cholas, native peoples, immigrants, punk rockers and cowboys. Just beyond the darkness, our imagination takes …