This painting depicts Cystic Fibrosis, a disease in which build-up in the lungs and other organs cause frequent infections. I used a blue and green color scheme to partially represent the build-up in the organs, but I chose shades that are not disgusting. The long horizontal shapes are the cell membranes which contain the protein which allows chloride ions (the green spheres) to pass through, or in the case of a person with Cystic Fibrosis (the delta508 form), the protein does not let the ions through so they collect on the outside of the cell. The deformed cell membrane protein is represented in the top cell membrane, it is missing several of the extensions seen in the protein in the middle cell membrane. The rods in the background are chromosomes which code for this protein, and the nucleotide sequence for the healthy or malfunctioning protein is written into the shadows of the cell membrane for texture.
This looks great Laura! I love the color scheme, first of all, and I think it's very balanced from a composition standpoint.
ReplyDeleteI really like this piece, the colors go together great and I like how you added texture with the nucleotide sequence. I also like how you are combining your artist skills with your biology knowledge.
ReplyDeleteI think you could use artist license and through in a third chromosome for balance sake.
ReplyDeleteThis is beautifully done! I appreciate your logic and thinking behind this piece as well as your investigation into your concentration topic. I started to make a comment that perhaps you could increase the contrast just a bit more but now that I look at the work again, I think it is just fine the way that it is!
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