During his residency at MacArthur Place, Brian Merriam sought inspiration in the surrounding landscapes of Sonoma and Marin County. Taking interest in nature’s cycles of growth and dissolution, Merriam created a series of photographs that symbolize the building up and tearing down of the natural world. Using wildflowers as a lens filter, he captured the coastal landscape. New, young, fleeting growth is layered onto old, slowly dissolving, and weathered terrain.