AUDREY GRAY
Every time Gray takes a road trip she brings a trowel and bags to collect dirt from road cuts and hillsides across the Southwest and coal from the Four Corners area. The former produces reds, pinks, ochres and greens; the latter becomes a deep black. She uses the materials to paint landscapes of the Pikes Peak region. “Beautiful work using materials direct from nature that have a soothing natural glow when hung on the wall,” a voter said.