Video: Watercolor portraits of viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The world is beautiful, any person who is able to see what is happening around can exclaim. But an even more beautiful world is seen by those who look around not only with the naked eye, but also from time to time look into a microscope. Stunning beauty microorganisms in the form of viruses and bacteria, as well as the processes that are invisible to the eye, occurring in the human body, the artist draws with watercolors Michele Banks from Washington. Watercolor is Michelle Banks' favorite painting tool. The artist says that people are very often surprised when they hear that it is not flowers and landscapes that appear on paper in her album, but portraits of viruses, sometimes deadly, a step-by-step process of cell division and similar microbiological subjects. According to Michelle Banks, the idea to paint just such pictures came about when she saw photographs of cells under a microscope. They were remarkably similar to some of her paintings of flowers, trees and grasses. So why not portray microorganisms in the paintings?
Michelle Banks' canvases show off bright, juicy portraits of microorganisms maturing in Petri dishes, parasitic protozoa that cause leishmaniasis, cells in various stages of mitosis. The artist also depicts in watercolors the complete process of cell division in pictures and creatively presents cardiograms of people with heart attacks, atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter. A very unusual interest, but what a rich, original pictures that will certainly attract attention! Some of Michelle's works adorn chemical and biological laboratories, as well as private collections around the world.
Michelle Banks is a self-taught artist. She studied political science and Russian at the University of Washington, then worked in London and Moscow as a business consultant. Michelle became interested in painting when she gave birth to a child and moved with her husband to Bermuda, where he was offered a good position. Since then, painting has become both a work and a hobby for her. The author's portfolio can be seen on her website.
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