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Imagine the air thick with the aroma of sage, wet soil, and piñon—scents the rain has unearthed from the dry, arid ground after months of drought. For artist Madeleine Tonzi, these aromas transports her to Santa Fe, her hometown defined by the mountains, the ponderosa pines, and the aspen forests. Petrichor, the earthy scent that follows rainfall, is also the title of Tonzi’s latest solo exhibition at Hashimoto Contemporary. Through a new series of archway-shaped paintings that act as portals to places that could be, Tonzi wonders how we can be in the right relation to and with land, …