Paintings are illustrations created by hand. Use paintings to show things that are difficult to photograph, such as all stages of a pest’s life cycle on a single crop at once. Paintings work best when they bend reality, and offer up new perspectives that graphics, photography, and drawing can’t achieve. In painting, color shows the differences between living things, while composition emphasizes the main idea. Plus, paintings are just cool.
ISED is lucky to have staff members who can render highly detailed and accurate paintings of crops, farming systems, and more. Taylor Fourt and San Miller have created most of these.