The music of the natural world made visible

By Bonnie Wells
Staff Writer

Published on February 29, 2008

"Gastropodus Sarracenia" is named for the carnivorous common picture plant it resembles. Viewers willing to get up close and personal with the citrus thorns that line its cavity will find a surprise inside. "The Lure of Shade" warns against the danger of compacency. PHOTO BY MARK JOHNSTON "Simulacrum," by Joyce Utting Schutter, stretches nearly five feet from end to end and was inspired by the intricacy of a whelk egg casing.