There is an overwhelming immensity to the American West which I find exhilarating and inspirational. I sense there a clarity, an openness, an absence of limits. This is largely due not only to the dramatic landscape but also to a vast skyscape, one that is often pierced by condensation trails. “Contrails†are artificial clouds created by aircraft; they are caused by condensation due to the reduction in air pressure above wing surfaces or by water vapor in the engine exhaust. I call these SkyLines.
SkyLines are mirrors of ourselves. They are stories of our comings and goings recorded along pre-established aerial highways. Although these stories are usually short-lived, favorable atmospheric conditions in the American...