The Desert and the Discord The landscape of the American Southwest is not merely a backdrop for Anne Coe; it is a protagonist. Born in 1949 in Henderson, Nevada, she grew up on a ranch in a remote part of Arizona, a childhood spent amidst the dust and the heat that shaped her visual language. This early intimacy with the land informs a career spanning over forty-five years, where the boundary between the wild desert and urban encroachment begins to blur. Her work often centers on the tension between these two worlds, using the natural environment to explore the friction of human presence. H…