In December, Daniel Rios Rodriguez, will exhibit work in the raw, dilapidated eastern portion of the Ice Plant at the end of his residency at the Chinati Foundation. Rios Rodriguez’s small, votive- or icon-like paintings are inspired by natural and man-made aspects of the Texas landscape and incorporate bits of refuse collected by the artist on his excursions. He builds his paintings in layers, then sometimes applies a torch to their surfaces to create a controlled burn that reveals the works’ underlying materiality. Arranged on the walls and placed on the dirt floor of the Ice Plant’s eastern side were paintings—many painted directly on the wall and evoking terra cotta sun figures—and freestanding sculptures made from rough-hewn chunks of wood and other materials.