Pure visual art is a silent communicator. The people who make it have something to say, yet they don't always say it out loud. They count on others to look at their art, and to gather meaning from materials and forms arranged to pluck familiar and unfamiliar chords. Some artists have the gift of gab. They are sociable and outspoken. Those artists often become teachers. Other artists communicate only by doing what they do best: creating art. In this article, the author introduces Cam Langley (b. 1944), an artist who prefers to work alone. He is a self-declared "loner" in his studio. He has engineered his work to fit an independent artistic lifestyle, and "Melon Bouquet" is the product of such preferences. The whole impression of "Melon Bouquet" vacillates between a shiny underwater anemone-like organism, and an imaginary, temptingly slick, watermelon plant, silently beckoning for assistance with pollination. It's a still life in 3-D, but with no decaying fruit or foliage as in Dutch or Flemish vanitas still-life paintings. Langley lets this hopeful work speak for itself, and it will be forever fresh.