I have always been interested in both science and art, and so in my most recent paintings I am trying to use this to my advantage - to paint science themed artwork.

I have what seems like a million and one ideas up my sleeve on this theme (if only I can find the time - and the money for the canvases - to paint them). Here are the paintings I've already come up with on this topic - they are not intended as accurate representations of scientific topics, but are inspired by them:

Europa Series:

A series of paintings (including a large triptych on canvas) inspired by the colours and patterns on the surface of Jupiter's moon, Europa. I intend to do more paintings with the colours of moons and planets as my inspiration.

Bubble Trails:

This painting was inspired by a photo of bubble chamber trails - sub-atomic particles travelling through a super-cooled chamber of liquefied gas.

Sedimentary:

This one's pretty self explanatory I guess - inspired by the layers made in sedimentary rock.

Blue Blood:

Inspired by a photo of a resin cast of blood vessels viewed with a scanning electron microscope.

Cortex:

Inspired by a cross-section photograph of a human cerebral cortex.

Heat:

Inspired by a magnified picture of heat-loving bacteria - the "extremophile" bacteria which live in places like volcanic springs on the ocean floor.

Cell:

Based on a magnified photograph of a liver cell.

Seeds and Seed Patterns:

Based on magnified views of seeds.

Chloroplasts

The name says it all - magnified view of chloroplasts (the part that makes the plant green and allows it to produce food from sunlight).

Let me know what you think about this new direction of mine - I'm pretty excited about it!