Our exhibision is held @West Texas A&M University on March 12th 2026!!!

"There are so many things, literally millions of things, to observe and capture, from small grains of sand to insects, from trees that had caught grasses on their branches because of the flash flood to the burning red of the massive cliffs in the canyon miles away," she said. "I opened my sketchbook and started sketching whatever I saw and felt."

Just as impactful: A visit to the information center in the state park, where Sugawara-Beda found a diagram that showed just how old the canyon is.

"In the deepest part of the canyon is earth formed 250 million years ago from the Permian Age Layer. 250 million! Not 250 years, but 250 million years ago," she said. "Compared to the earth's history, we are just a speck! I immediately felt so small, and our human history was also made smaller."

Sugawara-Beda, the Cox Family Professor of Painting and Drawing and Director of Graduate Studies at Southern Methodist University, worked with WT students to create the exhibition, which also is accompanied by special music created by experimental musician and composer Shoko Nagai.

https://www.myplainview.com/canyon/article/japanese-artist-uses-palo-duro-canyon-soil-21304553.php