Forest Through the Trees are biophilic works that build slowly through repetitive, physical, tedious, hand-weathering and preserving processes. Fine, raw portrait linen is delicately manipulated and built up with plant and rock-derived pigments mixed with natural binders until a visible almost drawn surface suggests an ambiguous entanglement of branches and roots. In process (in the woods and in the studio), I think about a bigger picture- my own aging, the stability of the environment for future generations and how we, and nature, must collectively and reciprocally nurture.
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Forest Through the Trees 10- Nocturne
2026, micronized minerals*, soot ink, cochineal, root starch, Japanese platinum and shell pigments on Belgian linen (*local New England quartz, ochres, oxides, malachite, azurite)
30” x 48”
Forest Through the Trees 9 - Nocturne
2026, micronized minerals*, soot ink, indigo, root starch, red pigment, Japanese silver on Belgian linen (*local New England quartz and graphite, ochres, oxides, malachite, azurite)
30” x 48”
Forest Through the Trees 3- 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- 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 3
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
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
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 6
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 7- Nocturne
2025, micronized minerals, clay, shell, mica, soot ink, indigo, root starch, red pigment on Belgian linen (local New England quartz and graphite, ochres, oxides, malachite, azurite)
60” x 40”
Forest Through the Trees - Komorebi
2025, micronized minerals*, Japanese shell pigment, mica, dye, pine and walnut ink, indigo, root starch, cochineal, 24k gold, oxidized silver, on Belgian linen (* local New England quartz, ochres, malachite)
62” x 62” (in collection, New York, NY)