Isabella Kirkland at Feature, Inc.

Isabella Kirkland, Nova:  Canopy, oil paint on polyester over wood panel, 2008.
Isabella Kirkland, Nova: Canopy, oil paint on polyester over wood panel, 2008.

Titled ‘Nova: Canopy,’ this meticulously detailed painting by Isabella Kirkland (an artist and a research associate in the department of aquatic biology at the California Academy of Sciences) brings together plants and creatures found in the rainforest canopy, though not all in the same geographic location.  All discovered in the past twenty years, they’re a powerful testament to earth’s profusion. (At Feature, Inc’s group show ‘Punt’ on the Lower East Side through Dec 22nd.)