Nancy Hidding Pollock paints many subjects, from landscapes to portraits, in oil on canvas. Recently, she has developing a series of landscapes, or more accurately, "skyscapes," that often include a gridded structure and math or scientific equations or problems that reflect the seen and unseen.

Pollock previously specialized in the art of metalsmithing, receiving commissions while still in college, where her art studies included watercolor, oil painting and drawing. Upon graduation, Pollock began selling her metal work through galleries including Artwear in New York City; Concepts Gallery in Carmel, Calif. Graham Gallery in La Jolla, Calif. and Carol Huberman Gallery in Birmingham, Mich. After several years of producing sculpture and jewelry, she began working in two-dimensional media, developing her current painting themes over the last three to four years.

Her interest in scientific and mathematic formulas arose from her work at an educational nonprofit, where she wrote grants for a time focused on a science program. "As I became reacquainted with what I had avoided in my own academic career, I gradually grew interested in science,'' Pollock says. "During a meeting at the Santa Fe Institute (a science think tank), I saw a window looking up to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains that was covered with scientific scribblings. I had no idea what they meant, but I became fascinated with the conundrum of accurately describing reality. If I don't understand advanced chemistry, how incomplete is my conception of life? Scientists, poets and artists are on a quest for understanding and communicating the essence of experience. Each approach is very different, yet each is essential to complete articulation of our understanding of reality.''