Initially this project began as an exploration of how color is a reflection of nature’s palette. I place a living object from nature such as a berry or flower on a background that I have painted. I worked quickly to photograph the still life before the living object started to decompose. After being photographed, the painted scene is washed away, and thus no longer exists except in the form of a photograph. I use photography as a matrix for what I call these ‘Disappearing Landscapes.’ The idea of a ‘Disappearing Landscape’ is an analogy for nature as a self-generating, continuously changing and interacting arrangement of elements.
