The Story Behind the Artwork

What the Earth Remembers grew from thinking about how we can feel the life in a place, even when much of that life remains unseen. We easily notice what is above ground—the landscape, changing light, vegetation, and sky—but beneath our feet is another living world, largely hidden from view.

I wanted the layers of paint and natural fiber to suggest both of those worlds. The fiber emerges physically from the painted surface, moving between what can be seen and what might be imagined below it. The landscape isn't meant to represent one particular place, but rather the experience of being surrounded by a living system that extends far beyond what our eyes can see.

There is something grounding about standing on the earth between the world beneath us and the sky above. What the Earth Remembers is about that connection—and the quiet abundance of life held within a place, whether we can see it or not.