Recently, my work has turned toward a focus on ecology, interconnection, and the subtle communications of natural systems. In my current series, “Root Bound,” I explore how the environment of forests, underground networks of roots and plants speak through form: trunks,  branches, and leaf patterns become symbols for ancestry, grounding, resilience, and renewal. I paint from my own photographs and memories. As a child I often imagined human anatomy in trees, envisioning torsos rising from the earth, arms reaching toward the sky, limbs dancing in silence. The twisted embrace of neighboring trunks, each striving for light, suggests a fragile, living compromise. The trees compete for resources, yet they depend on each other for strength.