November 2022
What does the forest mean to you?
What does the forest mean to me?
Growing up in Ohio/not-in-Oregon, makes the rugged beauty of the Pacific Northwest more vivid to me…or so I like to think.
Many people love our coast, but for me it is mountains, woods, streams and rocks…the dry land stuff.
I regularly enjoy the forest trails, and find walking them to be calming, invigorating and thought provoking. The ecosystem is so elaborate and interdependent, strong and yet vulnerable. Are we destroying it permanently?
I hope not!
This installation piece is inspired by these same thoughts. I have focused on the subject of the forest for 4+ years now. Increasing my skills of representing the layers of complexity while contemplating these concerns.
My goal is to reflect my appreciation of these natural spaces, focusing attention on some intricate nature while directly contrasting what I see as bureaucratic nonchalance about the impact of the wildfires that are ravaging the region on a regular basis.
I wonder if the people in Washington DC really understand what it is like to have weeks of smoke filled, unbreathable air.
I wonder if the folks in national leadership understand how personally connected the people of Washington and Oregon are to the forests, for work and play.
I find the Pacific Northwest a true wonderland of natural beauty and am confused by budgetary reluctance about support for preserving this special and fragile place.
3 Activities to engage with with "What does the forest mean to you"
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Forsberg Gallery, Rose Center for the Arts
Longview, Washington
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