Field Notes / 20″ x 24″

Field Notes started well before I ever entered the studio. It began in the forest, during hours spent kneeling by streams, following the path of understory plants, and watching how light moved across bark, water, and leaves. I brought notebooks along, filling them with sketchesand  observations noticing how everything in nature connects. Those pages turned into a map for creating a new collection based on my experiences with flora and fauna found in my favorite neighborhood forests. In the studio, those field observations shifted into layers of wax, pigment, and mark‑making. Each layer echoes the way knowledge accumulates in a living ecosystem — slowly, through repetition, curiosity, and attention. This piece invites viewers to share that same curiosity and respect. It reminds us that the forest always has something to teach if we slow down and listen. Every ecosystem is a conversation, and every mark we make becomes part of it.