Capturing Moments is an amazing way to portray the essence of someone. When I snapped the source photo that I developed into this painting I was inspired by how he studied the wood turned bowl holding it and studying it reverently, not just like a passerby who sees a pretty object. After speaking to him I learned he was a researcher of the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, where he has spent much of his career designing and evaluating programs that monitor a wide variety of animals (birds, insects) in North America.