The Natural Eye: Avian Explorations

The Natural Eye: Avian Explorations
Dan Miller, Patricia Traub & Julie Zahn

October 28 - November 22, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 31, 2 - 5 p.m.

Group Critique with Patricia Traub: Saturday, November 7

Japanese Mixed Media Collage Workshop with Julie Zahn: Sunday, November 8

Cerulean Arts is pleased to announce the exhibition The Natural Eye: Avian Explorations, featuring works on paper by Dan Miller, Patricia Traub and Julie Zahn. Birds have been a particularly enchanting subject for these artists over the years. Dan Miller was a master printmaker and long-time Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts faculty member. In tune with his materials, the wood grain of Miller's relief prints is essential to his compositions. Patricia Traub’s sensitively rendered life studies in charcoal, conte and ink wash reference the Old Masters in technique but with contemporary purpose: highlighting humankind’s responsibilities to all living things and the environment we share. Julie Zahn uses watercolor, collage and the Japanese stencil method of Katazome in her mixed media bird compositions. She aspires to create a feeling of serenity and magic with renewed hope for a world that places nature first. As friends and colleagues, the three share a keen sense of observation, dedication to their craft and an appreciation of the natural world.

Woodcut print of a colorful blue and orange bird perched on a branch with a moon in the background

Dan Miller, Coloring the Night, woodcut print, 11 1/4" x 11 1/4" Available

Woodcut print of a bird on a textured reddish brown background

Dan Miller, African Sky, woodcut print, 22 1/2" x 9 1/4" Available

Woodcut of three birds perched on a branch with a textured gray background

Dan Miller, Giving Voice, woodcut print, 11" x 15" Available

Woodcut print of an owl with a textured gray background and yellow moon at the top.

Dan Miller, Night Watch 2, woodcut print, 15" x 11 1/4" SOLD

Woodcut print of three birds standing on a ledge with a textured background

Dan Miller, We Three, woodcut print, 11 1/4" x 17" Available

Woodcut of two owls perched on a branch with a nest below, on a textured beige background.

Dan Miller, Winter Watch, woodcut print, 11" x 14" Available

Abstract wooden sculpture with geometric forms

Dan Miller, Song to Self, wood sculpture, 24" x 14" x 2" Available

Reach, wood sculpture by Pennsylvania artist Dan Miller, available at Cerulean Arts

Dan Miller, Reach, wood sculpture, 28" x 14" x 2" Available

Patricia Traub, Study for Waiting for Something to Happen, charcoal and white conté on paper, 10 3/4" x 13 7/8" Available

Patricia Traub, A Pair of Screech Owls, charcoal, white conté, and stump on paper, 9" x 14 1/2" Available

Patricia Traub, Barn Owl Looking, charcoal, white conté, and pastel on paper, 12" x 13" Available

Patricia Traub, One Burrowing Owl, charcoal and white conté on paper, 9 1/4" x 9 7/8" Available

Patricia Traub, Study for ISA Chicken, walnut ink, brush, charcoal and white conté on paper, 5 7/8" x 5 1/4" Available

Aleutien Goose, charcoal and pastel on paper drawing by Philadelphia artist Patricia Traub

Patricia Traub, Aleutian Goose, charcoal and pastel on paper, 10.25" x 14.5" Available

Julie Zahn, Foggy Evening, mixed media, 13" x 14" Available

Julie Zahn, Crescendo of Sound, mixed media, 9.5" x 9.5" Available

Julie Zahn, Under the Birdfeeder, mixed media, 14" x 13" Available

Julie Zahn, Raspberry Bush, mixed media, 30" x 24" Available

Julie Zahn, In the Pine Tree, mixed media, 11" x 10" Available

Julie Zahn, Out on a Limb, mixed media, 10" x 10" Available

Julie Zahn, The Lookout, mixed media, 13" x 14" Available

Julie Zahn, Crow in Hydrangea Garden, mixed media, 14" x 15" Available