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When I introduce myself as a scientific illustrator, I often hear: “That’s fascinating – but doesn’t the computer just do all the work for you these days?” There’s more to it than that – otherwise I wouldn’t be in this line of work!
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As part of my interest in projects that support green energy initiatives, I traveled to the Vancouver CitiesAlive 2010 Conference, organized by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. My question was: what opportunity is there for a scientific artist in this field?
7 weeks, 36 museums, $50. And If I hadn’t sprung for Mount Vernon I could claim 35 museums for only $20!
So, what were the highlights for a scientific artist?
I haven’t seen the Tim Burton exhibition that just opened at the TIFF Lightbox in Toronto, but I have seen the ads. Some of which prominently feature this painting with a typo.
I had read Mary Roach’s “Stiff: the curious world of human cadavers” several years ago, and when visiting my friend Jenn in New York, we met up at The Strand so that she could purchase Roach’s newest book, “Packing for Mars: the curious science of life in the void”. Which I then proceeded to monopolize for the rest of the weekend.
While searching for motion references for a biofilm animation on YouTube (you might be surprised at how many scientists post footage from their labs) I came across a trailer for the game “Biofilm: making bacteria beautiful”.
One goal of my recent trip to New York City was to see the installation “Distillation” by Roxy Paine at the James Cohan Gallery. It features two larger-than-life kidneys. And it just so happens that kidneys are my favourite organ (no, really, the physiology of how they work is amazing).
