“Pathways Unseen”: When Landscape Art Becomes Environmental Advocacy

As budget cuts to environmental programs deepen and protection of public lands weakens, many precious ecosystems hover on the edge of irreversible change. "Pathways Unseen," a textured impasto landscape, serves as both artistic documentation and quiet protest against environmental uncertainty. The hidden trails referenced in the title "Pathways Unseen" take on double meaning—they represent both the subtle contours of the landscape itself and the increasingly limited opportunities for people to experience these spaces firsthand. Each impasto brushstroke preserves what budget constraints threaten to erase.