The Greater Denton Arts Council has filled its galleries with work by artists who teach.

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Blue Bottle is an oil painting by Todd Ford, an art teacher in the Denton school district.

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Lake Moses is a giclee print of a digital photograph by David Blow, who turns his camera on nature, then adds abstract patterns and elements with a computer.

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Photographer and University of North Texas professor David Blow has a solo show, “Nature’s Poetic Vision,” in the Gough Gallery.

An assortment of art specialists — all of whom teach in Denton-area schools — are in “Hidden Artists: Those Who Teach” in the Meadows Gallery. Both galleries are inside the Center for the Visual Arts, 400 E. Hickory St.

Blow continues to innovate in his giclee prints — made from digital photographs. He uses vivid photographs in abstract ways, manipulating a photograph of trash caught in a pretty lake scene into a bowl that appears to contain the image. In Lake Moses, Blow merges a photo of a lake with a repeating pattern framing a frog.

Blow’s work is an effort to show the harmony between natural and electronic environments.

“Hidden Artists” shows off the creative chops of art specialists in Denton-area schools.

Jodi Dallas, Todd Ford, Faith Jessup, Brian Pierce and Emily Taylor contribute paintings in oil and acrylic. Artists Ricardo Ramirez, Jane Ruestmann and Elizabeth Stroud combine paint with other materials in their mixed-media pieces, showing off a flair for intricate design and solid composition.

Using clay, Pierce crafts objects including a human skull and a raku jar. John Thompson’s detailed drawings add a touch of whimsy to the exhibit, and Ramirez and Taylor render realistic drawings of people and places.

Teri Muse shows painted wood sculptures, and Stacy Sturgell’s architectural photographic images round out the exhibition.

“Hidden Artists” came together after two successful shows of their students’ work. Denton Youth Art Month jammed the Gough Gallery, and viewers sometimes stood in line for 20 minutes to see work that’s far beyond its years. Shortly after that, high school art students showed just how mature and sophisticated their work can be.

Now, their teachers get a shot under the gallery lights.

“Hidden Artists” runs through July 19. “Nature’s Poetic Vision” runs through July 22. Gallery hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday.

—Lucinda Breeding