Artist: Maddison Tenney
Title: Ghostly Roads
Medium: Gouache Painting with Gold Ink
Price: $200
Dimensions: 12 x 18" Framed
Artist Statement: According to scientists, my hometown of Hooper will be gone in 5 years due to the Great Salt Lake drying up. As a queer person growing up in a rural town, I felt disconnected from my roots when I came out. However, now that it will disappear, I find myself wanting to reconnect to the fields I grew up with. These paintings are my documentation of golden memories I have of the spaces that grew up with me, and which will disappear before I ever have the chance to live there again.
Artist Bio: Maddison Tenney is a Queer Latter-Day Saint, artist and activist. She grew up in Oregon and Hooper Utah. She is currently finishing a bachelors in English Literature at BYU with minors in Art and Global Women's Studies. She founded the RaYnbow Collective in 2021, and has since worked to advocate for LGBTQ+ BYU students on and off campus. Her work explores the liminality of religious identity as a queer person. In addition to painting and printing, she also works in ceramics, digital, and fiber arts.
