A Closer Look provides a hyper-zoomed preview of objects, shapes, and patterns in nature. With intense attention to detail and dramatic colors, paintings in A Closer Look allow us to explore the combination of technology and craftsmanship by translating photos of small-scale natural occurrences into an impactful work of art. The geometric patterns and structures found within plants, rocks, and natural materials can be too small to be seen or studied without visual enhancement, but when magnified, their natural designs transform into abstract and hypnotic compositions. A Closer Look examines the intricate and the gnarly; the delicate and the prickly; serving as an artistic magnifying glass to natural forms, these paintings capture a moment in time or the microscopic details of life uninterrupted. My hope is that viewers have an opportunity to contemplate the concept of creation- whether artistically or divinely- and appreciate the structures, lines, forms, and fine details within the natural world, and to question the idea of the authentic versus the artificial; the manufactured versus the organic.