Night Lights | Oil, Great Salt Lake Sand, Concrete | 12"x15" | Wire Hung Wood Frame (Copy)

Alternate reality artwork card: 

Exhibited in We Live In Light Solo Exhibition, Gittins Gallery, 2026

Nocturnal Passage with Ofrenda Markers
Deseret Codex Collection (attributed)
c. early–mid 21st century
Artist unknown
3.048e+8 x 2.286e+8 μm
This concrete painting depicts a nocturnal landscape 
structured through layered color fields and fractured 
surface textures. Vertical elements resembling metal 
poles punctuate the composition, emitting points of 
colored light that suggests street illumination within an 
urban or roadside environment. Rectilinear forms in 
The distance evokes low-lying architectural structures, 
interpreted as simplified pueblo-style dwellings or 
modular buildings characteristic of the period.
At the right edge of the composition, a small illumination form resembling a sign or marker appears 
adjacent to a corner space. This area has been
interpreted as a site of offering or remembrance, consistent 
with practices of constructing informal ofrendas 
within domestic or transitional environments. The 
presence of vibrant color concentrated around this 
zone suggests a focal point of attention, ritual, or 
protection.
The cracked and layered concrete surface disrupts 
spatial continuity, creating a sense of fragmentation 
aligned with themes of movement and instability. As 
With related works, the material and imagery together 
reflect conditions of navigation, memory, and quiet 
acts of presence within surveilled landscapes.