The Gaze

The moment the wild looks back. To see a wild animal is to recognize another life moving through the same world, yet experiencing it in ways we may never fully know.

Seeing begins when observation becomes relationship.

Each encounter is a meeting of awareness—one being noticing another, each shaped by its own senses, instincts, memories, and understanding of the world. What we see is only part of what is present.

The exchange may be brief, but it reminds us that we do not move through the natural world alone. We share it with countless other lives, each perceiving, responding, and finding its way through the world.

The Gaze invites attention, humility, and kinship—an act of recognition that carries responsibility.

Featuring in order from left to right: Bobcat, American Bullfrog, Red-Tailed Hawk, Red Fox, American Black Bear, Human, Moose, Great Horned Owl, Wolf

31 x 31 in.

100% Designer Cotton
Italian Cotton Thread
10oz Artist Canvas
Acrylic Paint Background

2026