I had been greatly influenced by my Environmental Studies classes at SLC and focused much of my abstract painting exploration on the relationship between the mind/psyche and both natural and constructed landscapes (including non-physical, social-political landscapes). Theoretically I was aiming to create visual experiences that represent how the mind/self and different manifestations of space are inextricably tied, and further that the mind and these ‘spaces’ - whether physical, cultural, or as constructs from policy - both inform and shape one another.
![Painting, Global Warming](https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/alumni/reunion/art-exhibit/2021/images/krell-meiko-04-global-warming-2004-880.jpg)
Spring, 2004
Oil paint, Gesso
![Painting, The Yellow Man Who Jumped Out the Window](https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/alumni/reunion/art-exhibit/2021/images/krell-meiko-04-the-yellow-man-who-jumped-out-of-the-window-2001-880.jpg)
Fall 2001
Oil paint, Vaseline