The Works on Paper show is an annual national juried exhibition at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies that will have the viewer asking, “What is that?” and “How did they do that?” as the work itself asks in return, “What do you think it is?” and “Wouldn’t you like to know?”

From a distance across the spacious gallery, a small grouping of framed works appear to be black and white photographs. But look closer and see they are in fact: an archival pigment print on Hahnemühle photo rag; a graphite drawing; and a silk…