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The varieties of visual perception are Ione's primary artistic interest. Her earliest experiments intuitively introduced her to the nature of our perceptual experience. Discovering that scientific studies in neuroscience and psychophysics complemented her work as a painter led Ione to add her voice to the academic arena in order to specifically address aspects of a creative practice that were underexposed in creativity research. Her art continues to provide a means of creative exploration and to inform the themes investigated in her academic research. Currently her studio practice integrates representational exercises with perceptual explorations to deepen and expand her understanding of both our visual processes and creativity.

Ione's art has been commissioned by the City of San Francisco, has been exhibited extensively in the United States and Europe, and is found in many collections. Her invited academic presentations include the Keynote address for the 2000 San Francisco International Arts Festival, a talk for the Medical Society of London, an art and science lecture for a symposium sponsored by the Qatar Foundation, and lectures at institutes and universities throughout the world (The Mitteleuropa Institute, the Kyoto Institute of Technology, University College London, Wesleyan University, etc.). Her writing has appeared in Leonardo, Trends in Cognitive Science, The Handbook of Neurology, The Neurobiology of Painting, The Encyclopedia of Creativity, and other books and journals. Ione's latest book is Innovation and Visualization: Trajectories, Strategies, and Myths (2006). She also served as the Special Editor for a special issue on Visual Images and Visualization for the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences (2008). More information about her work is available at www.amyione-online.com.