Well, I’m back at last from Edinburgh. The exhibition which we held at the scientific meeting was astonishingly successful – I couldn’t believe how many people really liked the work. I sold half the pictures and had orders for as many more, and although I’m not all that bothered about selling, it does show that people genuinely liked what they saw. I’m sure that it was mostly down to the fact that very few artists take scientific subjects very seriously, so it was pleasant for scientists to see artistic interpretations of what they work with every day.
Drawing, digitising and stitching 20 large pieces in the 4 weeks before the exhibition was a strain, but also hugely rewarding. I learned so much about digitising – having to interpret complicated and subtle subjects really was a major learning experience. So these are definitely not going to be my last biological designs – I can see a lot more coming along in the next few months
I owe so much to my husband, who not only took over all the household work while I was busy with the designs, but designed and constructed the portable picture hanging system, without which there would have been no exhibition
The roadie hard at work hanging the exhibition
The exhibition, but behind cellophane
Here are the 20 pieces all hung, but because of the cellophane wrapping over each piece you can’t really see anything clearly. So I’ve posted scans of the work on a separate page – click on the “The Biology designs” tab at the top of the page and you’ll be able to see them better
Right – I’m now going to have to catch up with everything I haven’t done during the past month. I think I’ve probably forgotten how to cook and wash dishes!