Santa Fe artist Cate Moses works from a strong sense of place, painting the animals with whom she shares a home in the high desert. A wildlife advocate, she spends a good deal of time tracking, observing, and photographing wildlife, and her artwork seeks to bring humans and other animals into dialogue. She painted 631 (oil and original acrylic gel transfer photograph on back-framed panel) as a response to the 2011 Las Conchas fire. Laying awake hearing firefighting planes and howling coyotes, she grieved for the homeless animals and decided to create an uneasy refuge for them at an abandoned gas station she had photographed at 631 Cerrillos Road. By the time the painting was complete, the rains had arrived, and bears and deer were roaming the evacuated streets of Los Alamos at night. Moses is represented by Arroyo Gallery, Santa Fe and Telluride.