Images

As we enter Spring and get ready for backyard gardening season, I was reminded of this photo I took of my farmer friend Ricky B, working the family farm. There’s nothing like a fresh & gritty backyard beet!

Each original drawing features an organ paired with a plant and/or herb that some consider beneficial.

Here are some watercolor paintings I made. I hope you like them.

Both pictures were taken from the ninth floor of the Jack Stephens Spine Institute on the UAMS campus.

My in-laws are avid bowlers. We visit them out west each year and usually work in a trip to the lanes while there. This is a picture of my mother-in-law. I have similar photos of my father-in-law and my kids too, but none of them are quite as graceful as her. 

A brief watercolor sketch of Falls Creek Falls at Lake Catherine on the back of a postcard I mailed to my parents in Louisiana. 

I recently visited Montreal and was thrilled to see some really neat pieces of architecture and sculpture. One of them was this stool/bench by the road near McGill University. The perfect place for any student or avid reader.

Reflection made by a puddle on the ground outside Crystal Bridges Museum in Bentonville, Arkansas 

Confluence of light and angle, perspective and texture. No rain required.

Zero filters were used.
This was taken with my potato of a phone, a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra.

When he saw the large, silly banana character, he started giggling, clapping, and jumping up and down. He found the image so funny, that he could not contain his reaction. 

This series documents the buzz around a sweet learning and service collaboration between UAMS College of Medicine students, local bee experts and community partners. Bees rule! 

Taken in Scotland, near Loch Ness, this photo is about perspective—not the artistic kind, but the attitude kind.

Images from snowy Little Rock

Diane Jarrett created this photo collage that mystically shows her standing on a staircase with the movie comedians Laurel and Hardy – who were there in 1932 filming the Oscar-winning short subject “The Music Box.”

John Ukadike D.O., MPH, is a board-certified family physician and a graduate of the UAMS Little Rock Family Medicine residency program.

“African Landscape” is a watercolor by Hyginus Ukadike MSW, MPA. He is a psychological counselor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Over the years I found myself gravitating towards portraiture and landscape painting. Capturing the beauty and essence of nature and people was the highest compliment one could achieve.

For me, art is the ultimate juxtaposition of evocation and catharsis. Everything begins with whisper of an emotion that builds into a whirlwind and it has to be expressed. Every artist will describe their muse differently; this is just my explanation for the passion.

“Solitude” is a painting by Angie Porter. She based the scene on ideas from her travels around the world.

“Autumn Reflection” is a watercolor painted by Angie Porter, who is an artist living in Little Rock. She has worked at UAMS as an interpreter.

“Going with the Flow” is a photo taken on Ruth Fissel’s land in Jasper, Arkansas. Ruth E. Fissel, LCSW, is the Behavioral Health Program Manager for the UAMS Primary Care and Population Health Service Line.

Wendy McCloud is an instructor/program manager in the UAMS Office of Interprofessional Education. She took this photo in the Nagano Snow Monkey Park (Jigokudani Yaen Koen) in Japan – with her camera phone. “It was a long, uphill hike in super gross weather, but totally worth it.”

As an artist, much of my work is inspired by my everyday environment. This could range between items found around my home or current events, music, etc. I then attempt to translate those objects or ideals from my chosen media for a unique experience. 

I have really enjoyed the painting class over the last several months [at UAMS]. The instructor is very helpful and innovative in teaching the various types of paintings and methods available. I am doing something I never believed I could do and enjoy.

This painting was part of an exercise on light and shadow. We were asked to determine an imaginary light source and paint the appropriate shadow that would be cast. 

I created this sculpture using as a model my first toy that was given to me by my parents when I was a baby. An angel who accompanied me in life, helping me in difficulties and guiding me towards God. He stayed by her side and helped me face the most complex and difficult moments.

David Goff is a retired teacher and financial aid director of a small college in Paragould, Arkansas. He loves canoeing, backpacking, and feeding the horses over his backyard fence.

This image always makes me think of how living systems are strange, beautiful, and often very intricate.

Every year during summer, I look forward to planting sunflower seeds among other plants. But this year, our squirrels had taken the task. They had gathered the seeds from the bird feeder and done a marvelous job.

Jay Mehta Jawahar L. “Jay” Mehta, M.D., Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine, and Physiology and Biophysics, and the Stebbins Chair in Cardiology at UAMS.  Dr. Mehta serves or has served on the editorial board member of numerous journals including the American Journal of Cardiology; Circulation; Hypertension; Journal of the American College of Cardiology.  […]

This is a chalk pastel inspired by the many sunsets I have had the fortune to experience in Fire Island, New York.

Isn’t nature the best artist? 

Difficult journeys can be exhilarating when surrounded by people you love.

Early in the pandemic I found myself thinking and feeling strong emotions. I was looking for a way to express them.

Nature is what we know—
Yet have no art to say—

3D created image of a virus entering a host cell.  

I found this beauty while foraging through one of my favorite patches of woods in Pulaski County, Arkansas.

When you have to cross a creek, you always first check to see if a dry crossing is possible. If there’s not an alternative, you proceed with caution.

I paint flowers and landscapes to bring beauty into my world and into the lives of my patients.

Hope rises with each new sunrise; life is restored with patience and perseverance.

This artwork is a mix of pour painting and acrylic multilayer painting.

My wife is a Master Naturalist who has planted milkweed from seed for the last few years. This was the first year that we had a Monarch come and lay her eggs on the plants! I spotted 12 little caterpillars munching out like little machines, getting bigger and bigger with their instars. At their final stage, we put them in an enclosure outside to keep them safe from birds and wasps.

I made this photo in the War Eagle Cavern on Beaver Lake in Northwest Arkansas during our family vacation in 2020. It is one of the most beautiful caverns in Arkansas and providing access to a dark, mysterious and bizarre underworld and habitat.

One of our family’s favorite pastimes has been to take a leisurely walk at the Big Dam Bridge on the North Little Rock side of the Arkansas River. These pile dikes have always intrigued us as we have walked the trail. As they stand strong and tall against the natural elements, they convey a sense […]

The picture was taken from a steep ledge off a walking trail behind the old Veterans Administration Hospital in North Little Rock. With the sun setting rapidly, it was a race against time to frame the shot properly. I myself was surprised with the end result, which was achieved by minimal post-picture manipulation. Summers in […]

Photography has been my passion for years. On my free time, I would pick up my camera gear and venture out in pursuit of that “perfect” shot! My favorite time was on post-call mornings when I had the whole world to myself. It was a warm spring morning in 2012 and I ventured out into the fascinating natural world of the Little Rock Zoo. Just me, my camera and nature in its full glory! Here are some of the photographs.

A look at the city from my hotel balcony tells you why Rome is called “The Eternal City.” Jay Mehta, M.D., Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics, and the Stebbins Chair in Cardiology at UAMS. 

I have always been impressed with the Italian way of life, it impacts everything — their lifespan and resistance to chronic diseases. We have good friends in Italy and have been going there two or three times a year for the past 25 years.

Taken at dusk after leaving a busy day working in the medical intensive care unit. I was overwhelmed by the support of our first responders, and watched quietly with one of our MICU nurses. It’s one of those moments that stands out like a bookmark in a chapter of one’s life.  Michael S. Cross, M.D., […]

My 10 year old Yorkie, Max, offers support as I finish the final draft of an article.

This image was taken looking through the eyepiece of a dissecting microscope using an iPhone.

I took this photo, now almost four years ago, on a trip to the Grand Canyon, and I call it “Light after the Storm.”

I have always liked photographing paths. It is embarrassingly sappy and cliché of course, but when I see one, I think how it is symbolic of life’s paths. Some shots, like those that often accompany “The Road Not Taken,” show two or more paths diverging, which could represent options and big decisions. This is the […]

This piece is meant to be a representation of what I see when I have a migraine aura.

Goddess of Victory on the summit of Vittoriano, Rome, Italy

A healthy spirituality has been increasingly recognized as promoting wellbeing and enhancing recovery from illness.

The sunrays shining through the Colosseum remind us of the paramount importance that fitness and sports played in shaping human history.

In this long exposure photograph, I tried to depict people (generations) changing while the Pantheon itself stands erect witnessing history, rise and fall of kingdoms, and changing times.

Rejuvenation of spirit with breathing in the unadulterated mountain air and pure joy of being in the clouds.

I went to Boston to attend a Neurology conference where I listened to new ideas and research.

Painting keeps me from becoming a spectator in my own life. It provides endless opportunities for in-the-moment awareness and a means for seizing my most valuable asset, time.

This abstract piece was inspired by Marissa’s undergraduate education at The University of Texas at Arlington.

A bird’s eye view of test tubes being used to teach blood banking skills to laboratory science students.

The lab has so many beautiful colors. It would be a shame not to share them with the world.

A photograph of a cell undergoing mitosis found in a bone marrow specimen.

This photograph shows one step in the DNA extraction process.

This image illustrates that the practice of medicine is a collaborative effort.

Hospitals tend to hold strongly positive or negative associations for people

This image is a reminder of the intersectionality of healthcare disparities between geographic location and gender.

This image represents the “art of medicine” – the artistic and creative expression that can come from technical skills or seemingly black & white components.

First, she told him that winter had come.
That the ground was hard
And the soil cold.