Nature is an inspiration for me in my abstract painting, sometimes more than I realize. The following are recent paintings paired with nature images I saved from my Instagram feed.

Elaine Scarry writes about beauty “It comes to us, with no work of our own; then leaves us prepared to undergo a giant labor.”

Painting is my giant labor.

Bird photos @audubonsociety and @bbcspringwatch. Moth photo @kerikimura.