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 encroach…