Forest Through the Trees are biophilic works that build slowly through repetitive, physical, tedious, hand-weathering and preserving processes. Fine, raw linen is delicately manipulated with plant and rock-derived pigments and natural glues until a visible, ambiguous entanglement of branches and roots appear. Through process (hiking, collecting, making), I ponder bigger pictures: the vulnerability of our social, political and environmental climates, and how we, as sensitive humans, and nature, must collectively and reciprocally nurture each other. Each work aims to hold the viewer long enough to notice and appreciate its inner-surface, material presence and labor.
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Forest Through the Trees 7- Rokusho Nocturne
2025, micronized malachite, black ochre, azurite, mica, soot ink, indigo, root starch, synthetic red pigment on Belgian linen 60” x 40”
Forest Through the Trees 9 - Rokusho Nocturne
2026, micronized malachite, black ochre, azurite, mica, soot ink, indigo, root starch, synthetic red pigment on Belgian linen
30” x 48”
Forest Through the Trees - Komorebi
2025, micronized malachite, black and yellow ochre, azurite, local New England quartz and mica, soot and walnut inks, Japanese indigo, root starch, cochineal on Belgian linen
62” x 62” (in collection, New York, NY)
Forest Through the Trees 3- Shiro Komorebi
2025, micronized minerals, Japanese shell pigment, mica, soot ink, indigo, root starch, canvas collage on Belgian linen (* local New England quartz, limestone, malachite)
58” x 42”
Forest Through the Trees 2- Shiro Komorebi
2025, micronized minerals*, Japanese shell pigment, mica, soot ink, indigo, root starch, canvas collage on Belgian linen (* local quartz, limestone, malachite)
58” x 42”
Forest Through the Trees 6- Shiro
2026, micronized minerals*, Japanese shell pigment, dye, platinum, soot ink, indigo, root starch, red pigment on Belgian linen (* local New England quartz, limestone, ochres, azurite, malachite)
62” x 62”
Forest Through the Trees 4- Shiro
2026, micronized minerals*, Japanese shell pigment, dye, platinum, soot ink, indigo, root starch, red pigment on Belgian linen (* local New England quartz, limestone, ochres, azurite, malachite)
62” x 62”
Forest Through the Trees 5- Shiro
2026, micronized minerals*, Japanese shell pigment, mica, soot ink, indigo, root starch, red pigment on Belgian linen (* local quartz, limestone, azurite, malachite)
62” x 62”
Forest Through the Trees 3- Shiro
2026, micronized minerals*, Japanese shell pigment, mica, soot ink, indigo, root starch, red pigment on Belgian linen (* local quartz, limestone, azurite, malachite)
62” x 62”