Tempo graphite and ink on Rives paper The photons we interpret as

The photons we interpret as light exist in a dual state—they are waves

Bernadette Jiyong Frank employs multiple layers of translucent paint in her artwork

or atmosphere—in her work

forms and textures hauntingly allude to the world of nature and recognizable things

While these are more interested in scale

Tempo graphite and ink on Rives paper The photons we interpret asUchiyama works with watercolor on Arches paper. She often develops as many as eight compositions at one time, moving on to the next while the paint dries on the last. To begin each work, she waits to see a hue on the blank surface. Each additional hue builds off of that original vision, building towards a linear horizontal pattern. Each layer possesses unique physical and material properties: some are opaque; others are translucent; some are