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Jessica MONROE

I am a South Texas–based painter whose work explores the relationships between ecology, identity, place, and belonging. Rooted in sustained observation of the landscape, my practice begins by paying close attention to the patterns, energies, and interconnected systems that shape both the natural world and human experience.

Much of my work emerges through field-based "meditation paintings," created outdoors in direct response to a specific environment. These studies become the foundation for larger studio paintings that move between realism and abstraction, translating moments of encounter into layered visual experiences. Rather than depicting a landscape as scenery, I approach it as a living network of relationships.

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