JC McCarthy (born Jennifer Winkley) is a self-taught artist originally from El Paso, Texas. In 1990, she moved into a small brick building - formerly a brothel -on the edge of the U.S. - Mexico border. There, her work was shaped by the hypnotic light and shadow of the Chihuahuan Desert, and by stones that resembled the petrified organs of ancient, half-remembered creatures.
from Lord Byron's "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage "
But in man's dwelling he became a thing
Restless and worn, and stern and wearisome
Drooped as the wild-born falcon
With clipped wing
To whom the boundless air alone were home.
Then came his fit again, which to o'ercome,
As eagerly the barred up bird will beat
His breast and beak against his wiry dome
'Til the blood tinge his plumage,
So the heat of his impeded soul would
Through his bosom eat.