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Three beetles are digging into a sunflower. The seeds in the center of the flower clearly show the Fibonacci series, a classic characteristic of sunflowers. The sunflower is attuned to the sun, and the flowers follow it from sunrise to sunset as the sun crosses the heavens. Like all Asteraceae, or members of the daisy family, the sunflower is really a composite of very small, fertile flowers that make up the large center and larger, infertile flowers that make the long yellow "petals" that surround the center. The little flowers in the center eventually turn into seeds that create the Fibonacci sequence.

Teresamarie Yawn creates art that is fantastical, mysterious, and surreal; as well, it can be precise, scientific, and logical. She covers a wide range of topics and captures events from the everyday to the Earth-shattering, and views them from micro- to macroscopic vantage points. As well as paintings and drawings, she creates harmonograph art using a harmonograph (a 19th century instrument that creates geometric designs using the power and periodicity of pendulums). With her art, she seeks to understand life, and to tell the story of our Universe and our Earth. She has no formal training in art, but has been painting and drawing since her earliest memories. She was born an artist. As an adult, she trained long and hard to become a...