Melissa Cowper-Smith is a painter based in Morrilton, Ark., whose work depicts the natural world in a state of flux. She utilizes handmade papers, bold color palettes and intricate brush strokes to capture the movement and perspective shifts of the landscape. Cowper-Smith's work calls attention to the timelessness of nature while exploring clouds, fires and other phenomena in the world around her. Through the exploration of color, line and form, she generates a narrative between the past, present and future, building a visual record of the ever-changing nature of the land and inciting conversations about the immediacy, absurdity and uncertainty of the human experience in relation to nature.