The trumpet swan is symbolic of pure spirit and love. Presenting a ‘landscape’ as a ‘portrait’ asks the viewer to relate to the paintings on a visceral level; thus eliciting an intuitive personal connection between body and subject. Compositionally, the painting is made of two assembled canvases, gently presenting a physical, horizontal seam where the canvases meet. This joint — this architectural reconstruction — is both physical and subliminal as it references our built environment (two manufactured canvases) and the horizon line (a fundamental element of ‘landscape’ painting).