Before the pandemic, when I was a ceramicist specializing in crystalline glazes, I saw images of neuronal activity on the Society for Neuroscience and National Institutes of Health websites with shapes similar to the crystals I produced in my glazes.
The painting, inspired by scientific images of neuronal activity, is a stylized, abstract depiction of neurons in the brain.Neurons fire in response to external stimuli from the five senses and internal stimuli from hormones, thoughts and emotions.As people gain life experience and grow, their perceptions, reactions, and internal dialogues shift and evolve, starting at this micro neurological level within the brain.
Inspiration and the creative process also begin at this level, and the animal, insect, sea creature, and mythological shapes of the neurons in the painting depict both this process and how it changes the artist’s perceptions and broadens the artist’s view beyond the surface level of artistic subjects and concepts.
Acrylic, 30”x40”, canvas.
Before the pandemic, when I was a ceramicist specializing in crystalline glazes, I saw images of neuronal activity on the Society for Neuroscience and National Institutes of Health websites with shapes similar to the crystals I produced in my glazes.
The painting, inspired by scientific images of neuronal activity, is a stylized, abstract depiction of neurons in the brain.Neurons fire in response to external stimuli from the five senses and internal stimuli from hormones, thoughts and emotions.As people gain life experience and grow, their perceptions, reactions, and internal dialogues shift and evolve, starting at this micro neurological level within the brain.
Inspiration and the creative process also begin at this level, and the animal, insect, sea creature, and mythological shapes of the neurons in the painting depict both this process and how it changes the artist’s perceptions and broadens the artist’s view beyond the surface level of artistic subjects and concepts.
Acrylic, 30”x40”, canvas.
