Working through paint, inks, and watercolor I am planning on moving my work in a more personal direction. I have looked at artist’s such as Heather Day to further my idea of documenting my life through a visual and abstract way. I am planning on using the land that I am in contract to own along with my life as an art educator to further this with extensions the real world with parallel components through out. I have recently put collage into my work to create a layered effect that gives way to my personal life.

I have been always been interested in my environment and I have now started to believe that all of the trees, mostly douglas furs, in my work have been influenced by my child hood. My childhood home has 32 pine trees that lined our front yard, I would wake up to them every morning, and I have always been drawn to how they look. The property that I am in contract with is also covered with douglas furs, along with other types of ever green trees. It reminds me of some sort of enchanted forest and I’m proud that it’s mine. Below I have attached some images with of my property.
As I’ve mentioned, I have also been looking at Kerry James Marshall of the illustrative components of my work, along with Julie Mehretu who layers images of the same place to blur the lines of both time and space in her large scale works of art. As I continue my work, I would love to go larger, in order to accomplish all of this. I want to either stretch large canvases or purchase large water color paper to withstand all of the layering that I plan to do.