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Some years ago, while visiting the Grand Canyon
My wife and I heard a long lost companion.
Its call echoed across cliffs, etched over time
By currents of water, eroding stones of lime.
The hawk announced its presence, for all to hear
As if to say, there's nothing to fear.

And just this summer, an adventure we undertook
To hike the Green Mountains from alpine to brook.
As the ground becomes moss, the trees become pine,
Changing scenery from mundane to sublime.
The view at once beautiful, serene and calm --
Silence once more broken by our hawk's song!

On currents of air, it circled in search
Of food, perhaps, or a companion of worth.
I imagined it saw us, not too far below
How strange we must look with our dogs in tow.
Where we found our water, it had to be treated
Boiled, filtered, or iodized, it is often needed

With each day's end, our tent we unfold
And ready the fire for warmth from the cold. <...

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...