Lush Terrain is an expression of how I experience the world. Through the use of non-objective imagery, the purpose is to evoke ideas about suspended and fleeting moments. These paintings are the materialization of how I understand the collision of the physical and the ephemeral. The work speaks to concepts of corporeal experience ― a foundation of thin and transparent color, building up the paint to be dense with gritty textures. There are no additives or fillers in the paint; the granular surface is simply oil sticks applied directly to the panels. Glass beads or other objects are pushed into the paint. The paint and the physical materials are conflated, illuminating erotic content with Rococo Art color schemes arousing ideas of flavorful sweetness. As both artist and the subject of Lush Terrain this is my expression of the visceral experiences of pleasure, discomfort, and desire. This is an exploration of materiality vs. the intangible, the body as landscape, feelings as terrains.