When we were children, we were enthralled by the novelties of nature. For instance, very young children are mesmerized by the sticky patterned strangeness of a spider web, or how the scales of pinecones follow a particular sequence. It seems a child is more easily able to see the way an artist sees—or, maybe the artist has simply been more successful in staying in touch with the perspective of a child which naturally sees the world with curiosity, wonder, and imagination.

 

As we age, the landscape tends to become peripheral. Instead, we are enthralled by the colorful glowing moving pictures presented by virtual realities on screens. The common contemporary person overlooks the exquisite beauty living in the small forgotten wildernesses all around us. My nature-based illustrations invite the viewer to revisit commonplace natural details which can hopefully become enchanting once again. If we learn to remember how to see the way a young child experiences nature, and thus see the way an artist sees, we can recapture an essential part of what it means to be human. We can rebuild our relationship to nature in a personal and meaningful way and ultimately, we can save the things we have an intimate connection with.