Date of Award

Spring 5-16-2026

Document Type

Honors Project

University Scholars Director

Dr. Joshua Tom

First Advisor/Committee Member

Zack Bent

Keywords

Art, Painting, Religion, Deconstruction, Trees, Nature

Abstract

Closely intertwined with my personal journey of faith and spirituality, [De/Re]construct has been a place to consider questions that repeat over and over. Each time I ask, I get a different answer. These questions are not new, but the idea that I can change my answer is. This project has been the place to map my thoughts, feelings, and beliefs using the familiar. The trees, the colors and the places are known to me; so is my creative process, the planning, sketching, and painting. I am using the regular to grapple with the unanswerable.

[De/Re]construct has evolved drastically since I began working on Chapel over a year ago. What began as a single painting of a pacific northwest forest developed into a theological and philosophical space for my mind to dwell. The motivation and meaning I have behind each painting often shifts from day to day depending on what I am processing internally; each piece becomes a mental landscape for me to wander.

This project has themes of finding divinity in nature, in self, in others, and what that means. It is a step away from my childhood religion and the confinements of it. It is an invitation to explore where else God can be found and what else God could be.

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