Born and raised in Alaska, I am interdisciplinary artist working across photography, watercolor, and sculpture. Deeply influenced by landscapes, movement, and environmental change, my work explores the intersections of personal memory, place, and transformation. From a young age, I was surrounded by both art and the untamed landscapes that continue to shape my work. My dad, an oil-based landscape painter, and my mom, an experimental artist working with watercolor and found materials, fostered a creative environment where making art was second nature to me. In my current watercolor map series, I merge cartography with abstraction, using vibrant washes of color to depict locations shaped by travel, climate shifts, and personal experience. Drawing inspiration from my own map collection, research, and travels, my work invites viewers to reconsider the way we engage with place and our tangled histories within these spaces. My work is rooted in a deep curiosity about how humans connect with and alter their surroundings. I seek to reveal the unseen narratives within landscapes that are both personal and global.
Brook Ferris
