This project was a personal account of the phenomena around me and a desire to see things clearly. I used this way of painting to focus on what’s right in front of me and be present. A bizarre and magical thing happens when I look at these plants for a while. I can actually watch my perception shift as I settle in and focus on the object over a period of time. You stop looking and really start seeing. I ask myself how is it possible I didn’t see this (color, shape, part) before? I’m a pretty perceptive person. There is something really odd going on here in these moments. I’m watching this phenomenon of perception unfold and change before my eyes.