I was awarded a week-long residency at Tiny Birch Residency in Warren, VT, where I created this piece specifically to be mounted in the birch forest on the residency grounds. Each day, I worked outdoors, immersed in the thousand shades of Vermont’s greens. Once the piece was halfway complete and I had chosen its location, I began the final stage by hanging it between two trees.

I tore the paper, creating voids within the work so that viewers could see the endless trees rising through the openings. This piece was an exploration of the natural verticality found in the woods. As the light shifted throughout the day, shadows transformed the work, continuously altering the dialogue between the piece and its surroundings.