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It was just over two years ago when Dolores artist Gene Lansing heard of the Hollywood Bar fire.<\/p>\n
The fire burned the historic community bar and with it, the art gallery next door, which had some of his artwork on display.<\/p>\n
\u201cI lost a lot of really detailed artwork,\u201d Lansing said. \u201cIt hurt really bad.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lansing, 38, is a carpenter by trade, so when the Hollywood burned down and took Fusion studios with it, Gene asked the owners if he could help with clean up because he was so devastated by the loss.<\/p>\n
As soon as Lansing was cleared by the Dolores Fire Department to enter, he realized the room his work hung in was the only room that didn\u2019t totally burn to the ground. The room had all four walls still intact, and the windows were not shattered.<\/p>\n
In all, Lansing lost about 12 pieces of art to smoke and water, but was able to save four pieces, some of which will be on display through September at the Cortez Recreation Center, along with new pieces of art.<\/p>\n
Lansing and his wife, Amber, were busy preparing for the show this week at their Dolores home.<\/p>\n
Lansing\u2019s work is very detailed, usually pen and ink, drawings. When Lansing isn\u2019t working, he draws. A work that will be at the show titled \u201cGrass Dancer\u201d is so detailed it took him over 80 hours to complete. That is why the fire hurt so much, because with it, hours and hours of work went up too.<\/p>\n
Digging through the rumble was the hardest thing he has ever had to deal with, he said. He was upset about not only his artwork but all the artwork of all the other artists lost.<\/p>\n
Lansing was born in Shiprock, N.M., he graduated from Whitehorse High School in Montezuma Creek.<\/p>\n
Lansing grew up drawing and was surrounded by art. He has family member\u2019s art on display in his house: detailed pottery by his uncles and beautiful woven rugs by his grandmother.<\/p>\n
\u201cI grew up surrounded by art and was always drawing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Growing up on the Navajo Reservation partially influenced Lansing\u2019s art, he said. But today, he draws inspiration for his art from the beauty of Dolores.<\/p>\n
Lansing\u2019s biggest accomplishment is to create art that people are proud to hang in their homes, intricate and detailed art that makes someone say \u201cwow.\u201d Lansing has also helped in illustrating a book about different Natives from different tribes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI draw lots of medicine men because my grandfather was a medicine man,\u201d Lansing said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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