The Forest Where We Belong

FAB Gallery, University of Alberta

Oct 16-Nov 8, 2025

A forest scene with moss-covered trees, ferns, and lush green vegetation.
An art piece that features a forest scene with moss-covered trees, mounted on a wall within a frame that resembles a leaf.

Rain Forest Series

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Pacific Rim National Park, Vancouver Island

A mixed media artwork featuring a forest scene with trees and moss, overlaid with circular cutouts revealing varied nature images.
A wall poster depicting a lush forest scene with ferns, moss-covered tree trunks, and small yellow flowers at the bottom. The poster is partially torn at the top right corner.
Photograph of a nature scene with moss-covered rocks and trees, and a misty background, displayed as a poster on a wall.
A dense forest scene with a large moss-covered tree trunk, hanging moss, and layered moss-covered branches.
Colorful abstract rug resembling a human face with a prominent nose, eyes, and various swirling shapes in green, pink, yellow, white, and black, bordered with brown.

Winter Forest

North Saskatchewan River

Set of eight photographs of snow-covered nature scenes with plants and trees, displayed on a white gallery wall with a tiled floor.
A round mirror reflecting a snowy scene with small green plants, thin reddish-brown branches, and string decorations hanging from the branches.
A snowy scene with a branch of red and black berries, a green pine branch, and a white background, viewed through a circular cutout.
A snow-covered tree branch with multiple smaller branches and dried leaves, with yarn decorations tied to the branches in red, white, and green.
Close-up of dried plants and green sprigs behind a semi-opaque circular window with a white background.
Snow-covered ground with thin, leafless branches and dried grass, visible through an oval-shaped cutout.
A decorative collage features branches with budding green leaves and red flower outlines, set against a blurred background of trees and a body of water, framed within a circular cutout on a white surface.
A decorative artwork featuring a branch with white flowers and green leaves, mounted on a wall with a large circular arc design in the background.
Botanical illustration of snow-dusted plants and branches on a circular paper cutout.

Jasper Forest

Art gallery with three landscape paintings on white walls, ceiling spotlights, and a terracotta tiled floor.
A forest scene with charred, leafless trees and green new growth starting to emerge. Blue objects resembling parachutes or balloons are scattered throughout. The ground is dark and muddy with red and green plants growing.
Close-up of a tree trunk with moss and black and blue string art, including hanging strings and small pink paper shapes, set in a natural outdoor environment.

Mushroom Series

An art gallery with white walls displaying photographs of natural scenes, a glass front door, a high ceiling with large windows and track lighting, and tiled flooring.
Art gallery display with five large photographs of forest undergrowth, mounted on a white wall with brown tiled floor. Track lighting illuminates the artwork.
A close-up photo of forest floor with mushrooms growing among green moss, various plants, and fallen twigs, with sunlight filtering through the trees.
Close-up of two pinkish-brown mushrooms with bright pink gills, surrounded by green and orange leaves and dense forest undergrowth.
A dense forest floor covered with green moss, small plants, and scattered leaves, with various fungi and mushrooms, including a prominent red mushroom, growing among the vegetation.
A dense forest with green plants, ferns, and mushrooms on the ground.
A dense forest scene with various green plants and ferns surrounding a bright red mushroom with white spots on its cap.
A forest floor covered with moss, pink and green fungi, and various green leafy plants.
Mushrooms, moss, ferns, and green plants growing on a tree trunk and forest floor.
A dense forest floor with various green plants, ferns, and mushrooms, illuminated in low light. Purple digital overlay of fern-like shapes adds a surreal element.
An art exhibit display featuring a painting of a lush mossy forest with ferns, mushrooms, and vines. The painting is titled "Eummah" and is noted as an MFA painting, displayed on a dark green gallery wall.