The Love Letters are responses to intra-actions I have either witnessed or participated in during my time in specific wetland environments. Many of the entanglements I have encountered are so small, they defy being documented en plein air. So I have begun documenting the smaller intra-actions I encounter using video. Then I respond to the moving images in my studio through painting. This is a form of immersive transcription, a process of imperfect translation, and a means of correspondence for me.

Whether I am outdoors in the wetland environments, or in the studio, it is a process of listening to the many voices of that landscape with my entire body, otherwise known as deep listening. I am engaging reciprocally to and with, movement, gesture, rhythm, sound, and light as I paint. The process is generative, and is an embodiment of, and release of that rhythm, vibration, information, or knowledge. As I am responding to specific wetland organisms through painting, this type of response is akin to writing a letter that will never be read by the intended recipient. I think of these particular works as Love Letters.

By remaining conscious of the fact that these intra-actions I participate in are the natural occurrence of an interconnected world, I am more aware of the transformative power of each small correspondence I partake in — and these are the ones I am aware of.  For I have learned from experience, there are many of which I have no cognisance at all.