Moss Pods

52 by 44 inches

Oil on canvas

This piece grew out of my fascination with the resilience and quiet beauty of moss. Without roots, moss attaches itself through muscle-like structures, existing across almost any surface. Different species live alongside one another, forming entire ecosystems beyond what the naked eye can see.

After a visit to a sacred site deep in the forests of Lebanon I was moved by the scale moss took up attached to walls full of rock. I wanted to translate the interplay between the organic form of moss and angularity of rock.