She captures those moments of sudden awareness when we realize how extraordinary our world is and feel at one with it. While the land itself is timeless, a painting of the land is the result of its place and time, and Carpenter feels that, in some ways, that she is creating a chronicle of the landscape.
Carpenter is drawn to the vastness and the quiet of the landscape.
She feels that the actual creation of the art is a kind of meditation, and hopes to convey that meditative quality to the viewer.