Bryophytes

This artwork was supposed to be an abstract landscape painting of a pine forest. However, as I painted the landscape, I found myself thinking only about how it feels to step into the boggy moss of a pine forest with rubber boots on. The damp forest can be heard and felt in your wet footsteps, and I wanted to replicate that feeling of walking in this painting.

Bryobionta is a general term for all mosses, and this work has been the inspiration for the entire "City Lichens" painting series. I wanted to follow in the footsteps of mosses and lichens not only in the forest but also in the city, exploring the forms, textures, and colors in which city lichens appear.