Petecia Le Fawnhawk, Stoic Priest, 2018

Los Angeles-based cross-media artist and creative director Petecia Le Fawnhawk is somewhat of a modern day René Magritte, creating arresting optical illusions under the vast skies and among the shapely sand dunes of the American desert. She often appears as the protagonist in her own work, wearing imposing geometric ensembles in monochrome hues—or besides similarly dwarfing sculptural structures—silhouetted against the sprawling wilderness, and the effect is a striking testament to the power of imagination. One for the weekend wanderers…