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In the African bush, you stumble upon a tiny creature. His badger-like tufts of hair belie his true vulnerability.

Though he will one day grow to be one of the fastest animals on the planet, he is utterly dependent on his mother at this stage of his life. They work together, he hides, and she secures food.

His mother will return, and not likely greet you kindly for having disturbed him. You cautiously double back. These beautiful cats have been disturbed enough.

I hope these paintings will in some way inspire you to investigate these organisms further. Their wondrous forms and capabilities are often overlooked and underappreciated. Imagine the tapestry that would color your world if you could communicate using sonar (yet still be able to learn human sign language) like a dolphin, smell with the intensity of the Polar Bear, understand chemical signals like the Honey Bee, navigate up to 600 miles from memory like the Desert Elephant, or utilize the earth’s geomagnetic fields to swim 800 miles like the Green Sea Turtle. The true complexity of the communication between most organisms lies in realms we still know relatively little about. The descriptions for each painting include facts, interviews, and...