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Oil on canvas
20 × 24 inches
2026
A Pacific golden chanterelle commands the eye, luminous and vivid against the depth of a dark forest. Around it exists the world that made its presence possible: Douglas fir, mosses, rich soil, coastal fog, and the quiet debris of the forest floor, all held within the warmth of filtered light.
The background is intentionally soft and blurred, present but unhurried, reflecting the subtle systems and conditions that support what emerges above the surface. Foraged on the Mendocino Coast, the chanterelle became a teacher, revealing that what appears to stand solitary is always part of a greater network of relationship.
Isolated but not Alone considers the tension between individuality and interconnection, between what is visible and what quietly sustains it.
Oil on canvas
20 × 24 inches
2026
A Pacific golden chanterelle commands the eye, luminous and vivid against the depth of a dark forest. Around it exists the world that made its presence possible: Douglas fir, mosses, rich soil, coastal fog, and the quiet debris of the forest floor, all held within the warmth of filtered light.
The background is intentionally soft and blurred, present but unhurried, reflecting the subtle systems and conditions that support what emerges above the surface. Foraged on the Mendocino Coast, the chanterelle became a teacher, revealing that what appears to stand solitary is always part of a greater network of relationship.
Isolated but not Alone considers the tension between individuality and interconnection, between what is visible and what quietly sustains it.