Field Notes
A landscape is never only a place.
We carry the places that have shaped us.
The paths.
The forests.
The rooms.
The people.
I think about walking as a form of listening.
Moving slowly enough to notice what is already there.
Grandma Gatewood carried almost nothing.
Peace Pilgrim carried almost nothing.
But both carried landscapes with them.
The body remembers where it has been.
The landscape remembers who has passed through.
2022
Between Two Pines
Canvas, thread, paper, wood, polyurethane-based sealant
30 × 50 × 22 in
2022
Exhibited at MoCA Westport, Westport, CT
Between Two Pines considers the relationship between landscape, memory, and identity through layered materials and hand-built surfaces.
The work draws from the stories of women who moved through landscapes with remarkable persistence, including Appalachian Trail pioneers Grandma Gatewood and Peace Pilgrim. Their journeys transformed walking from a physical act into a practice of reflection, independence, and connection.
Constructed from canvas, thread, paper, and wood, the sculpture explores how places become embedded within us. Landscapes are not simply locations we move through; they become part of the stories we carry.
