Layla Neal Arts

08/18/2025

Amongst the Sumacs
North Michigan
120 film

10/16/2024

Where the Sumacs hide the dunes.

09/01/2024

08/28/2024

Lilies on Black River - Walter Lily Series - North Michigan

08/19/2024

Water Lily pads on the Black River - North Michigan

08/15/2024

Roadside medley of goldenrod, cattails & purple loosestrife. Layers of flowers to make a living bouquet.

04/19/2024

Blooms

02/28/2024

Just because they look super chill - once upon a time in the highlands

05/18/2023

Here are a selection of images from my recent FMP offering for my Masters at Falmouth. Timucuan is personal work: this work is about grief, resilience, and recovery, as seen through my connection to a unique landscape in northeast Florida.

In 2017, I became a stepmother whilst losing my own child, at forty-five the chances of having my own child were over.
The emotional trauma I faced led to a sense of alienation and lack of support. Through visiting the nearby Timucuan Ecological Preserve, I found refuge for contemplation and self-reflection.

This project represents a journey of healing and the search for my own ‘sacred’ after experiencing loss. This landscape of the preserve played a vital role in my personal transformation and serves as a reminder of the restorative bond with the sacred of the natural world.

This work can be seen at Ecological Preserve's visitor center where I am currently artist in residence. The Images can be viewed on screen at www.laylaperchalneal.com. All are 120 film taken in the early hours experimenting with long exposures.

01/03/2023

Foggy notions in the ‘burbs’ yet for me this feels more like ’where the wild things are’. Grabbed my camera and walked around my very quiet neighborhood in my pjs to capture the rolling fog off the river.