"Nature Up Close" Exhibition at Spectrum Gallery

Hurry Up Myrtle Max painted this watercolor of a chicken following a rooster uphill on Kauai which she calls

1 Max painted this watercolor of a chicken following a rooster uphill on Kauai which she calls "Hurry Up Myrtle!"

Working on the Baby Crib Max's watercolor of an osprey couple on a pier along the CT River that she calls

2 Max's watercolor of an osprey couple on a pier along the CT River that she calls "Making the Baby Crib"

There be dragons at Koloa Landing! 🐲 My closeup of a Dragon Moray titled

3 My closeup of a Dragon Moray titled "There Be Dragons" 🐲

Oahu2025-087-Enhanced-NR-11x14 My photo of a bee on a Walking Iris at the Wahiawa Botanic Garden titled

4 My photo of a bee on a Walking Iris at the Wahiawa Botanic Garden titled "Pollination Ballet"

NatureUpClose2025-001 Friday night was the public reception for the opening of the gallery's

5 Friday night was the public reception for the opening of the gallery's "Nature Up Close" show, which featured two of Max's watercolors and two of my…

NatureUpClose2025-002 Proud Max with her first publicly exhibited watercolor

6 Proud Max with her first publicly exhibited watercolor "Hurry Up Myrtle"

NatureUpClose2025-003 Max and her second watercolor on display, an osprey couple titled

7 Max and her second watercolor on display, an osprey couple titled "Making the Baby Crib"

NatureUpClose2025-004 My first underwater photograph being shown at the gallery, a dragon moray eel on metal titled

8 My first underwater photograph being shown at the gallery, a dragon moray eel on metal titled "There Be Dragons"

NatureUpClose2025-005 And my photograph of a honeybee on an iris titled

9 And my photograph of a honeybee on an iris titled "Pollination Ballet"