Mike Shonsey, Kathy Jenkins and Michael Farrell

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Michael Farrell is an artist in the tradition of Ansel Adams documenting epic, lonely landscapes. The Boar’s Tusk, an ancient volcanic plug that juts nearly 400 feet above the Red Desert is made up of broken and fractured Lamproite breccia, a relatively uncommon type of rock rich in magnesium. It's similar to Kimberlite, the primary source for diamonds.

Farrell, a nationally respected documentary film-maker, photographer, artist, writer and educator, has worked in Nebraska and the Great Plains public broadcasting for over 45 years. Farrell employs the traditional craft of photography using large format cameras and lenses. He develops his own black and white negatives and makes enlargements in his darkroom. The print is an archival digital inkjet prints on high quality Moab Entrada heavyweight paper.

Farrell has exhibited widely and is included in the collections of the Museum of Nebraska Art, Joslyn Art Museum, Great Plains Museum, Wyoming State Museum, and Sheldon Art Museum in addition to many regional venues. He is a recipient of the Nebraska Arts Council’s Individual Artist Fellowship. His most recent award-winning production is Great Plains -America’s Lingering Wild produced in partnership with conservation photographer Michael Forsberg.

Farrell is the co-creator of the Platte Basin Time-lapse Project which uses 45 individual time-lapse cameras and an associated website, documents and educates the public about the complex uses of the water in the 90,000 square mile basin—largely the life-blood of parts of Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska.

Farrell uses an 8 x 10 negative to make this seriously high resolution print. Image size 18 x 25 inches, paper size 24 x 30. Framed.

http://www.michaelfarrell.com/index.html

http://www.ninemileprairie.com/about-michael-farrell/

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