Mr. Fay’s public art took its inspiration from a location’s history and natural surroundings. His first installation, at Public School 7Q in Elmhurst, Queens, in 1995, included an enormous ...

Superimposed onto the continents are around 500 drawings of the history of humankind and the marvels of the natural world, including some 420 cities and towns, 15 Biblical events, 33 plants ...

This guide features just a few examples of the countless ways artists have incorporated the natural world into their work. Plants show up on our walls, on our household objects, in our photographs ...