I'm a lens-based and a pastel artist; the latter informs my photographic style. I've always been drawn to the Pictorialist style of photography, especially Léonard Misonne's body of work, characterized by soft, painterly scenes with cloudscapes and other atmospheric effects. My work explores the landscape and environment as a sensory experience rather than as documentation. I am interested in how color and atmosphere shape perception, allowing a place to be felt, remembered, and internalized. Beauty is not treated as an endpoint, but as a language; one capable of carrying meaning, restraint, and emotional depth. Through color, atmosphere, and softened form, I translate the felt experience of place rather than its literal appearance.