World Within No. 1 Painting

This painting continues my color theory exploration into the microbiology of life. We hold worlds within us, consisting of millions of bacteria, viruses, and phages. Most of them commensal, many beneficial, and some harmful. More and more the world is discovering the importance our microbiology plays into the fabric of life as we know it on earth. And more and more we are seeing how crucial diversity is for our health on multiple levels, not just the biological, but also the cultural and political ones. This piece is part of my Worlds Within Series. In this series, I paint what I imagine to be the microscopic worlds that live inside and around us on the microbial level. We may not be aware of the magnitude of this world just yet, but I believe the microbial world holds immense significance for the nature of reality, and we are only just beginning to grasp it. I stumbled upon this world when I got seriously ill, and realized that my gut was in such dire straits that I needed to learn all I could about how to heal myself or face my imminent mortality. That's when I found out that our world is ruled by microbial life, and we either embrace it or face our own demise. I believe we are in the 11th hour with regard to our natural and physical worlds, and have gone well beyond flirting with our idea of immortality and now face the 6th mass extinction. This series of paintings shows what I interpret as the microbial world within and around us, the world we have ignored too long and need to befriend and work with. And NOW. There is no more time.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:18 W x 24 H x 1.3 D in

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