Artist Ra Paulette sculpted this one-of-a-kind abode underground in New Mexico. — -- While the idea of cave dwelling may conjure images of Fred Flintstone, one desert sculptor has created a home ...

It seems artistic inspiration can be found throughout the New Mexico landscape -- and maybe even beneath it, as our Lee Cowan has discovered. This story was originally broadcast on May 18, 2014. In ...

Artist Ra Paulette has spent decades hand-carving intricate caves, shrines, and caverns in the sandstone hills near Ojo Caliente, New Mexico. A photo posted by Colby Moore (@colbyshootspeople) Apr 30, ...

Sculptor Ra Paulette has an unusual passion: He digs caves by hand and then turns his newly created spaces into works of art. Using only a pickaxe, a scraper, and a wheelbarrow, Paulette has been ...

With just his wheelbarrow, his tools, and his dog for companionship, artist Ra Paulette spent 10 years on a project called "Luminous Caves," and the result was his "final and most ambitious" work to ...

Sculptor Ra Paulette digs into sandstone walls in New Mexico, hand carving caves covered with shells, flowers, leaves, and abstract designs and transforming the natural features of the stone into ...

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’re reviewing each short category. See the documentary section below, animated here, and live-action here. Cavedigger – USA – 39 minutes Sculptor Ra Paulette is an ...

The line between creative ambition and risky obsession is sharply drawn—or rather, carved out of New Mexico sandstone—in the life and work of wholly motivated artist Ra Paulette, an aging ...

Sculptor Ra Paulette has a phenomenal hobby – he digs caves in New Mexico’s sandstone cliffs. Not plain, rocky, boring ones. Ra’s caves are smooth, artistic, and breathtakingly beautiful, and he ...