The Making of ‘to Joni’
To Joni is a 30-by-40-inch mixed media landscape composed of torn paper, oil stick, and faux wood on canvas, inspired by the lyrical imagery and emotional landscapes of Joni Mitchell. Layered with rolling forms, shifting horizons, fragments of maps, handwritten text, and glowing passages of color, the piece evokes both memory and movement — like a song unfolding across an open road. The sweeping blue forms suggest mountains, water, and sky simultaneously, while the warm orange arch rises like a setting sun or solitary figure within the terrain. Balancing abstraction with a deep sense of place, To Joni becomes less a literal landscape than an emotional one — a meditation on travel, longing, freedom, and the poetic way music can shape how we see the world.
To Joni is a 30-by-40-inch mixed media landscape composed of torn paper, oil stick, and faux wood on canvas, inspired by the lyrical imagery and emotional landscapes of Joni Mitchell. Layered with rolling forms, shifting horizons, fragments of maps, handwritten text, and glowing passages of color, the piece evokes both memory and movement — like a song unfolding across an open road. The sweeping blue forms suggest mountains, water, and sky simultaneously, while the warm orange arch rises like a setting sun or solitary figure within the terrain. Balancing abstraction with a deep sense of place, To Joni becomes less a literal landscape than an emotional one — a meditation on travel, longing, freedom, and the poetic way music can shape how we see the world.
The Making of ‘to Joni’