Selected Essays and Articles
• (1987) “The life and unusual ideas of Adelbert Ames, Jr.” Leonardo (MIT Press). Vol 20 No 3, pp. 273-279.
• (1988) “The theories of Abbott H. Thayer: father of camouflage” Leonardo (MIT Press). Vol 21 No 3, pp. 291-296.
• (1994) “Adelbert Ames and the cockeyed room” Print (New York). Vol 48 No 2 (March / April), pp. 92-97.
• (1997) “The gift of gabberjabbs” Print (New York). Vol 51 No 1, pp. 64-72. Full text available online.
• (1998) “The artistic and scientific collaboration of Blanche Ames Ames and Adelbert Ames II” Leonardo (MIT Press). Vol 31 No 1, pp. 47-54.
• (1998) “On Max Wertheimer and Pablo Picasso: gestalt theory, cubism and camouflage” Gestalt Theory: Journal of the GTA (Vienna). Vol 20 No 2, pp. 109-118. Full text available online.
• (1998) “Rudolf Arnheim: The little owl on the shoulder of Athene” Leonardo (MIT Press). Vol 31 No 3, pp. 231-233.
• (1998) “Art, design and gestalt theory”” Leonardo (MIT Press). Vol 31 No 4, pp. 299-303.
• (1999) “Adelbert Ames, Fritz Heider and the Ames chair demonstration” Gestalt Theory: Journal of the GTA (Vienna). Vol 21 No 3.
• (1999) “The role of artists in ship camouflage during World War I” Leonardo (MIT Press). Vol 32 No 4, pp. 53-59.
• (2000) “Revisiting Gottschaldt: embedded figures in art, architecture and design” Gestalt Theory: Journal of the GTA (Vienna). Vol 22 No 2, pp. 97-106. Full text available online.
• (2002) “How form functions: on esthetics and gestalt theory” Gestalt Theory: Journal of the GTA (Vienna). Vol 24 No 4, pp. 317-325. Full text available online.
• (2005) “Architecture, art and camouflage” Lotus International (Italy). Issue 126, pp. 74-83.
• (2010) “Ames demonstrations in perception” in E. Bruce Goldstein, ed., Encyclopedia of perception. Vol 1. Sage Publications, pp. 41-44. ISBN 978-1412940818.
• (2010) “Camouflage” in E. Bruce Goldstein, ed., Encyclopedia of perception. Vol 1. Sage Publications, pp. 233-236. ISBN 978-1412940818.
• (2011) “Nature’s artistry: Abbott H. Thayer’s assertions about camouflage in art, war and zoology” in Martin Stevens and Sami Merilaita, eds., Animal camouflage: Mechanisms and function. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0521152570.
• (2013) “Now you see it, now you don’t: camoufleurs, conjurers and pickpockets” in H. Rothstein and B. Whaley, eds. The art and science of military deception. Artech House. pp. 217-237. ISBN 978-1608075515.
• (2013) “Art, design and brain research: non-scientific thoughts about neuroesthetics” in Gestalt Theory: Journal of the GTA (Vienna) Vol 35 No 2 pp. 169-182.
• (2014) “Abbott H. Thayer’s vanishing ducks: surveillance, art and camouflage” in MAS Context (Chicago) 22, pp. 164-177. Full text available online.
• (2015) “Khaki to khaki (dust to dust): the ubiquity of camouflage in human experience” in Ann Elias et al., eds., Camouflage cultures: beyond the art of disappearance. Sydney University Press. ISBN 978-1743324257.
• (2016) “Setting the stage for deception: perspective distortion in World War I camouflage” Aisthesis: Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico (Firenze, Italy). Full text available online.
• (2017) “Camouflage” in Viction Workshop, Camo mania: New disruptive patterns in design. Victionary, pp. 209-222. ISBN 978-9887774648.
• (2018) “Seeing through camouflage: Abbott Thayer, background-picturing and the use of cut-out silhouettes” Leonardo (MIT Press). Vol 51 No 1, pp. 41-46.
• (2018) “Chicanery and conspicuousness: social repercussions of World War I camouflage” UNIversitas (University of Northern Iowa) Vol 13. Also reprinted in 2018 in full-color booklet form with slightly different wording and additional illustrations. Full text available online.
• (2018) “Under the big top at Sims’ circus: ship camouflage behind the scenes in World War I.” Dysart IA: Bobolink Books. Full text available online.
• (2018) “Disruption versus dazzle: prevalent misunderstandings about World War I ship camouflage.” Dysart IA: Bobolink Books. Full text available online.
• (2019) “Optical science meets visual art: the camouflage experiments of William Andrew Mackay.” Dysart IA: Bobolink Books. Full text available online.
• (2019) “Ship shapes.” Patek Philippe: The International Magazine (Geneva, Switzerland). Vol 4 No 7, pp. 10-15.