As a biologist I was fascinated by the cell cycle –the carefully orchestrated and seamless series of events which occur every time a cell replicates and produces an exact copy of genetically encoded DNA. This sequence is often depicted diagrammatically with circles and arrows. However, in my mind I imaged a pattern beautiful and ephemeral which incorporated the patterning created in nature and depicted in the world around us. With these ideas in mind I created these 2 large wall-sized oil paintings while I attended a course at the Royal College of Art in London.
scienceArt 