https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IbbgKErx8A

My choice of work to share with the international student symposium is a painting I made. In this painting I depict a transition from top to bottom of the Monterey Bay, California beach landscape where I grew up, into the forests and rainy skies of Washington where I am now. I wanted to show something that’s both personal to me and my experience living in the United States but also to appreciate the natural beauty that lies within it. Despite being something that’s all around us, nature can be deeply personal, as painting these landscapes was for me, connecting my past and present experiences together on one canvas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiLHOyl4MlA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6R3qFtriZo4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzElZsX6OMM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XiYlLCvS48

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For the international symposium, I painted a watercolor of a wintery rural landscape. This was painted from reference using a photo I took on a road trip to Flathead Lake a few years ago. I picked this photo to paint because to me, it instills a deep loneliness. When I think about winter, I think about the death and decay stage of the cycle of life. My hope with this painting is to communicate some of the feelings that accompany this stage, like loneliness and stagnation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyIE-efOKf8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrFLScQIE_g