Friday, January 30, 2009

Avatar



This is called Avatar. It measures 16 inches by 20 inches and is watercolor on paper. I have a tremendous love for the anatomical illustrations that accompany the works of Andreas Vesalius. I think that a lot of scientific illustration from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods follow the conventions of the religious and still life paintings of those periods. Because religious iconography relates to internal states of being, one can use these conventions to depict states of mind and feeling.
This is my first post in what I hope will be an online portfolio.