Jessica Thompson

Folks, I love trees. They’ve always brought a sense of peace and security. There’s no single image that inspired Birch Forest, but I’m far from alone in my wonderment at looking up at the bluest of skies through the boughs of a tree. I found this one on a European plant nursery’s website! I’m no Lorax to speak for the trees, but trees are the way I unstick myself when I have artist’s block, form the focal point for my meditation practice, and I’m rarely happier than when I’m camping beneath...

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way-- things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keeffe