This series draw from memories and cultures of places I have inhabited, employing symbolic elements to enhance the visual language. There are always stories, emotions and cultures embedded in each place which serves as filters when I look back. The first picture is one of my evolutions in visual language and provides the structural foundation for this body of work. I studied Paul Klee’s composition during the time I worked on this series, the way he created depth of space through layering. For me, this approach is not only the layers of the landscapes, the interplay of shape and line but also the complex, hidden layers of a place’s identity.