What is the Naturalist's Cabinet?
Take a look at this selection of my paper specimens. What do you see? There are no right of wrong answers-different people find different things, and that openness is central to this project.
Now that you’ve encountered the raw material of this project, continue to the Exhibition Catalogue to see the drawings that emerged from these forms. To explore the process behind the work—including methods, experiments, and field notes—visit Notes from the Studio.
Brent Noel Eviston
Botanical Studies
Pareidolia occurs when the mind sees images in random visual information—faces in clouds, figures in tree bark, creatures in the moon, and in this exhibition, living forms in torn and twisted paper. This project uses that instinct as a creative engine.
I begin by shaping paper into spontaneous, irregular forms. I search these shapes for any suggestion of figures or creatures. When something emerges, I draw it—not as paper, but as a living entity implied by the form. Most paper shapes reveal nothing, but a few contain surprisingly vivid potential.
Before entering the Exhibition Catalogue, take a moment to study the raw paper specimens below. These fragments form the foundation of the drawings that follow.
Pareidolia occurs when the mind sees images in random visual information—faces in clouds, figures in tree bark, creatures in the moon, and in this exhibition, living forms in torn and twisted paper. This project uses that instinct as a creative engine.
I begin by shaping paper into spontaneous, irregular forms. I search these shapes for any suggestion of figures or creatures. When something emerges, I draw it—not as paper, but as a living entity implied by the form. Most paper shapes reveal nothing, but a few contain surprisingly vivid potential.
Before entering the Exhibition Catalogue, take a moment to study the raw paper specimens below. These fragments form the foundation of the drawings that follow.
Drawn to the Moon
Pareidolia occurs when the mind sees images in random visual information—faces in clouds, figures in tree bark, creatures in the moon, and in this exhibition, living forms in torn and twisted paper. This project uses that instinct as a creative engine.
I begin by shaping paper into spontaneous, irregular forms. I search these shapes for any suggestion of figures or creatures. When something emerges, I draw it—not as paper, but as a living entity implied by the form. Most paper shapes reveal nothing, but a few contain surprisingly vivid potential.
Before entering the Exhibition Catalogue, take a moment to study the raw paper specimens below. These fragments form the foundation of the drawings that follow.
Pareidolia occurs when the mind sees images in random visual information—faces in clouds, figures in tree bark, creatures in the moon, and in this exhibition, living forms in torn and twisted paper. This project uses that instinct as a creative engine.
I begin by shaping paper into spontaneous, irregular forms. I search these shapes for any suggestion of figures or creatures. When something emerges, I draw it—not as paper, but as a living entity implied by the form. Most paper shapes reveal nothing, but a few contain surprisingly vivid potential.
Before entering the Exhibition Catalogue, take a moment to study the raw paper specimens below. These fragments form the foundation of the drawings that follow.