BOUNTIFUL — We all see the world in slightly different ways., but it takes an artist to share their sight with others.

Artists Janet B. Clark, Adrian Van Suchtelen, and Marion R. Hyde all have their own unique vision of the natural world. As part of a group of nine artists that are on display at the Bountiful/Davis Art Center now through Oct. 2, the three use their very different styles to highlight everything that makes the world such a beautiful place to live in.

Clark has the most classically beautiful view of nature, looking outside and seeing lush forests and peaceful groves designed to shelter sleeping deer. These are the forests and fields that we all dream of wandering through on a quiet, peaceful afternoon, whether it be in the deeper woods (“Lime Light”) or a forgotten bit of land that will soon be lost to developments (“Before the Subdivision”).

It’s art designed to make nature lovers out of even the hardest of hearts, and make those who already love nature fantasize about crawling inside one of her paintings.

Van Suchtelen, on the other hand, focuses on the kind of detail that other artists have traditionally ignored. Though the petals of her “Amaryllis” are as rich and glowing as anyone might hope for, her “Summer Sunflower” focuses on the dark green ruffle at the back of the flower where leaves meet stem. Instead of the golden burst of petals, Van Suchtelen gives us elegant, cool shadows.

In her other work, she tightens the focus of detail even more. Van Suchtelen’s “Lichen Rock” is simply an exploration of the colors and patterns of lichen on a large stone, with only the presence of two small, fallen leaves in the upper corner to suggest either the rock’s size or any of the world surrounding it. The result is both oddly elegant and slightly alien, the familiar world made strange simply because so few of us actually pay attention to it.

Hyde takes a slightly different road, using abstraction to transform rocky ridges and winding mountain trails into jigsaw puzzles of shape and color that look more like modern art than anything that can be found in nature. If you look closely, however, you can see the curve of a mountaintop (“Burr Trail”), or the long, ragged shadow of a pine tree (“Cedar Ridge”). Hyde’s work forces you to acknowledge the role line and shape plays in nature’s beauty by eliminating the distractions that normally obscure their clean sharpness.

jwardell@davisclipper.com