You know that feeling when you’re standing in the middle of the trees and it’s completely still, but somehow it feels like something’s watching? That’s what I tried to capture here.
When the Forest Breathes isn’t meant to look like a forest. It’s meant to feel like one. The colors move like shifting light through the trees; deep greens, earthy browns, flickers of red, and soft ivory tones that almost seem to glow. It’s ancient and alive, both peaceful and a little wild.
Every pigment in this piece was made by hand, using clay and minerals I ground into oil myself. It felt right to keep it connected to the earth, the same way the forest feels connected to everything inside it.