I am interested in the interactions between people and nature. My work shows young people in imagined landscapes, making space for kids to be seen as whole people with agency and curiosity, rather than just cute or sentimental figures. From a mother's perspective, the children we are raising are often not afforded permanence in our rushed society. In my paintings, these figures exist across different scales of time. This work shows that presence in nature, play, and exploration belong in the landscape as much as the rocks, wildflowers, and wildlife. Inspired by memories of family hikes and road trips, along with my own history of long-distance bicycle journeys, the scenes combine lived experience and observation. These paintings don't document specific locations; instead, they capture the heightened, almost hallucinatory experience of seeing the wilderness through the eyes of children.  As both mother and artist, this practice lets me envision an optimistic future and express the naturalness of being outside and part of nature.