Through aerial views, her mural will follow the Hudson River and Rondout Creek—a tributary of the river that runs directly through Rosendale—from the village to New York. Barbara calls the Hudson Valley a “green lung,” an environmental science term that describes parks and other forested areas which surround urban environments. “What interests me in architecture and cities is that they provide a boundary and a protection around nature. It’s like skin: it’s like the thin layer that holds everything together,” she says