This section gathers essays that explore the ideas informing Botanica Brasilis. The texts focus on cultivated plants and the histories they carry, considering how cultivation has shaped plants, landscapes, and human societies across generations.
The essays do not respond to individual works. They develop the wider research that informs the practice, extending questions of cultivation, memory, material culture, and ecological change through writing. Together, they form an ongoing body of research that runs alongside the paintings.
One plant holding another
Linen is not a neutral surface but a plant-derived cloth that holds the trace of another plant, bringing vegetal matter into direct continuity with vegetal life. Pigment settles into fibre, and the image emerges from within the material rather than resting on it.