The Tree Remembered First

A moss-covered tree trunk anchors the foreground, set against a dense woodland of delicate branches and altered foliage. Shifting the natural environment into vibrant magentas and deep purples, the manipulated color palette flattens the depth of field to shape a psychological landscape. Rendered with the distinct, physical grain of analogue film, the weathered bark carries visible evidence of time, growth, and repeated seasons. By recasting the familiar woods through this unnatural light, the work presents the forest as a living archive that holds its own enduring form of memory.