Green Mountains

“Green Mountains” was inspired by hiking some of the higher peaks in Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire and New York. The most memorable and magical were those in the alpine tundra, above tree line where the sky would meet with the mountain ridges ⛰ My compilation of those special places resulted in this mosaic which takes me back to a really beautiful time in my life. In my early 20s when I lived on the East Coast, I explored a lot of the Apalachian Mountain trails, I got to look at the incredible fauna close up, to admire the alpine plants near the peaks and to breath in the vast view of the endless mountains getting lost in the distance, blending in with the sky. I feel like I came alive in these mountains and still hold them very dear to my heart.

One of the ideas I wanted to express here is our ability to walk for miles and miles to a place like the landscape in my mosaic where we may feel small but we also can feel mighty because we are among mother nature’s most beautiful creations and we got there on our own two feet. I combined what inspired me on the trails and what I love about the mountains into this glass landscape. Having hiked all over the United States, today I feel that this mountain vista could be anywhere, not just the places I’ve hiked. I hope that this composition evokes the feelings of love and wonder that I have for our beautiful planet and that it inspires others to care for the mountains and forests, to explore them and to leave them as they found them while only taking away good memories.