In 2025, I conducted fieldwork in a Longleaf Pine forest on a 23,000-acre South Carolina plantation, a site studied by Harvard archaeologists for Indigenous mound sites and Cornell ornithologists for its remarkable bird diversity. I am developing a series of paintings inspired by the abstracted forms revealed in old-growth pine bark following controlled burns. Through my practice, I continue to investigate the underlying architecture of the natural world, structures that are both visual and conceptual, and how these patterns reflect the ways we live, adapt, and connect. My aim is not merely to depict the landscape but to be in dialogue with it, listening to its rhythms, intelligence, and deep history.