About the Artwork

Nature is a symbol for the sanctuary of time that exists during childhood, and recalls a historical moment of ease and peace that existed before colonialism, racism, capitalism, world war, climate destruction and other plagues of modern life. My paintings capture figures moving through the landscape with awe and wonder, and they are often lost in their own imaginations and in the grasp of nature. Existing fully in the space between reality and imagination, time and place that is lost with growing up, and the so-called progress of the modern world. My work elevates the freedom of childhood to a place in our collective human history, a time before now when our lives were simple and connected. The seemingly unspoiled nature in my paintings reflects its ability to hold and heal, and to offer spaces to dream and to rest.