Concentration #2

I took the advice from last week and added visual texture to the surface of this painting before I began adding content; which definitely adds depth to the piece. The texture of the background represents the deterioration of order in the brain. This painting is loosely divided into three sections. The top section represents a normal brain, the middle section represents early Alzheimer's Disease, and the bottom section represents late Alzheimer's. The yellow diagrams in the background depict nerve signals being transmitted in the top section, and failing to be transmitted as well in the bottom two sections. The white brain nerve cells are healthy in the top, but in the bottom of the painting they become seriously tangled, preventing proper brain activity (depicted in the yellow diagrams). The brain in the top section is red and orange, representing healthy brain function. The middle brain is yellow and orange, representing a slight decline in brain activity. The bottom brain is blue and is sort of falling apart, representing an extreme loss of brain function. The brains are set at different angles to suggest the idea that the brain is falling down. This piece shows that the tangled nerve cells in the brain cause the brain to be unable to transmit signals properly, resulting in a serious loss of brain activity. This stays true to my concentration of exploring anomoly in molecular and cellular structure and its results. I am very pleased with the way this one turned out.