This is a single brain scan – done on top of painted acrylic paper. My color choice was intentional, the brain is grey as gray matter inside our brain is made up of about 100 billions neurons, white matter is made up of dendrites and 75 % water. I wanted this piece to be fluid and appear natural. I used pen and collage to represent the complex organ and the linear designs in the background represent networks of neurons…. the large blobs of paint represent human energy and movement. As I proceed with my research, I have become more interested in abnormalities and diagnosis related to imaging. I would like to continue with these studies, and maybe consider doing as series of images for the final show- investigating further MR spectroscopy and MR perfusion.
brain imaging is an interesting jumping off point for you! it accommodates your drive toward complexity, but perhaps helps you to focus as well…
This piece looks great Brette! The different marks and colors come together really well, and certainly reminds me of the idea of “processing” (if that makes sense). I’m definitely interested in your moving to being inspired by biology and looking deeper in terms of visualizing of neurology/how we think. It’s a complex idea and seeing how you’ve developed into this particular idea has been great to see and I continue to look forward to what you will make next.
Additionally, I’m sure you have a vast array of resources to look at, but I found some cool sites/artists that might interest you!
https://biocreativity.wordpress.com
http://plioplys.com
http://www.gregadunn.com
http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/201511/Features/Petri/
This piece looks great Brette! The different marks and colors come together really well, and certainly reminds me of the idea of “processing” (if that makes sense). I’m definitely interested in your moving to being inspired by biology and looking deeper in terms of visualizing of neurology/how we think. It’s a complex idea and seeing how you’ve developed into this particular idea has been great to see and I continue to look forward to what you will make next.
Additionally, I’m sure you have a vast array of resources to look at, but I found some cool sites/artists that might interest you!
https://biocreativity.wordpress.com
http://plioplys.com
http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/201511/Features/Petri/
this is cool. nice to see the correlations between the courses.