Through the forest a darkness lurks despite the beauty there within, the forest's very essence is a darkness, and its loveliness all the more mysterious. The trees are tall, their branches spread wide; the leaves are green and rustling in the breeze; but somehow we feel that something is wrong, as if evil were lurking far below among the roots. I cannot help dreaming of those other worlds, with their strange lights, and sweet music, and winds that blow softly on distant shores.

 

Through wooden faces I wanted to explore the beauty and darkness that can sometimes fill the spaces around the most picturesque scenes. There seemed to be some sort of secret between the trees, and I felt drawn toward it, as if it were calling me. I wander into forests like these because they remind me of a place where I lived once and loved so much that I could no longer bear to leave it. I am always amazed how quickly you can come upon such a scene, seemingly from nowhere, yet there's nothing accidental about it; there is no mistaking the fact that here is a lovely place.

This is a mixed media project that consists of photography done by me as well as photos generated from my own photography work using DALL-E-2 AI photo generator as marked by the watermarks.