Often I experience pareidolia, like seeing an animal form in a puffy cloud, a common human experience. In my artworks, which I call STAINTINGS, I bring attention to this phenomenon in the wood-grain landscapes I see. The imagery draws the viewer in as they relate to my seeing the thing that is and isn’t there. On a job site years ago, I noticed a scrap of plywood that had a contoured wood grain resembling the silhouette of the Olympic Mountains at dusk. I brought that wood scrap back to my studio where I enhanced the wood grain by color staining and I added tree silhouettes; the finished product was Stainting No. 1. Now I automatically scan every piece of wood I see for a wood grain horizon line. My years working in the fine art services industry and as a professional house painter have equipped me in two ways to create Staintings. First is the expertise I gained in painting and woodworking techniques, and second is the supply of scrap materials I salvage to up-cycle into artwork. Staintings encourage that spark of creativity that a person can practice in their own work, and revitalize their own way of seeing this world with a fresh perspective.