Guardians of the Wetlands, 2025, mixed media, 12 x 6 in. / 30.48 x 15.24 cm.

Guardians of the Wetlands, Kate Weingart, 2025, mixed media, 12 x 6 in. / 30.48 x 15.24 cm.

In this narrow, vertical view, I sought to capture the unseen presence of the wetlands that lingers between branches and the steady pulse of nature’s guardians watching over a world both familiar and mysteriously alive.