Exploring bodies' capacities to expand beyond themselves-- queer figures as they relate to one another and natural environments. I work between painting, drawing, and sculpture, transforming paper, found plexiglass, and canvas. Found plexiglass and aluminum hand cut in the shape of these contour drawings hang, casting shifting shadows, further dismantling the distinction between figure and setting. Contour drawings painted with loose, expressive brushwork also work to blur the boundaries between separate entities–bodies and landscapes become indistinguishable. The glass grounds of the paintings lend a skin-like quality to the paint, while the reflected light through the brushwork creates a sense of tactility and embodiment. Abstract mark-making lends to the material and visual sensuality with brutish mode of expression. On rectangles, painted or collaged frames double as both literal and conceptual portals, framing the work and hinting at the porous, permeable nature of the depicted spaces. Ultimately, my work uses the entangled bodies and landscapes to invite a more nuanced consideration of the intersections between bodies, desire, and the natural world.