Artwork

Textured painting of a white alpaca lowering its head toward a smaller alpaca against green foliage.

An Alpaca Pair and a Deer: Looking at Distance ...

A close portrait of two alpacas and a deer beside a lake show how the space around an animal changes the way we look at a painting.

An Alpaca Pair and a Deer: Looking at Distance ...

A close portrait of two alpacas and a deer beside a lake show how the space around an animal changes the way we look at a painting.

Lily-of-the-valley painting with white flowers and green leaves displayed among painting tools.

Two Floral Arrangements: Lily of the Valley and...

Two floral paintings invite different ways of looking: a close cluster of lily of the valley and a sunflower bouquet held in a blue vase.

Two Floral Arrangements: Lily of the Valley and...

Two floral paintings invite different ways of looking: a close cluster of lily of the valley and a sunflower bouquet held in a blue vase.

Textured oil painting of blue and white mountain peaks beneath a pale pink and gold sunrise, with evergreen trees in the foreground.

Morning Light, Evening Light: Two Mountain Pain...

Golden Hour places pale sunrise color above blue peaks; in Serene Sunset, warm evening color appears again in a mountain lake.

Morning Light, Evening Light: Two Mountain Pain...

Golden Hour places pale sunrise color above blue peaks; in Serene Sunset, warm evening color appears again in a mountain lake.

Textured oil painting of an Arizona canyon with green cacti, warm rock formations, and a blue sky.

Cacti and Snow: Two Ways to See a Painted Lands...

An Arizona canyon and an alpine valley reveal how foreground plants, distant peaks, and raised paint give two small landscapes their depth.

Cacti and Snow: Two Ways to See a Painted Lands...

An Arizona canyon and an alpine valley reveal how foreground plants, distant peaks, and raised paint give two small landscapes their depth.

Textured oil painting of a red cardinal on a branch among pale green leaves.

How Color Draws the Eye in Two Bird Paintings

A cardinal's red feathers and the black and white forms of two puffins show how color can guide a first look at a textured bird painting.

How Color Draws the Eye in Two Bird Paintings

A cardinal's red feathers and the black and white forms of two puffins show how color can guide a first look at a textured bird painting.

Textured oil painting of a single oak with a broad green canopy, thick trunk, and blue flowers in the foreground.

One Oak, Many Birches: How Trees Shape Two Land...

A single oak holds one landscape together; a stand of birches invites the eye toward an open meadow. Look closely at how the trees change each view.

One Oak, Many Birches: How Trees Shape Two Land...

A single oak holds one landscape together; a stand of birches invites the eye toward an open meadow. Look closely at how the trees change each view.