Cellular generation (2011) Drawing by Regina Valluzzi

Ink on Paper, 14x11 in
$625
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  • Original Artwork Drawing, Ink / Marker on Paper
  • Dimensions Height 14in, Width 11in
  • Categories Drawings under $1,000 Abstract
A little fantasy on cellular structure and function. A cell is like a little Biological factory or engine in many ways, and that is an aspect of cellular function that has always fascinated me. The soft wash effects in the colored areas were created by layering marker colors on the reversed side of the drawing paper and allowing the ink[...]
A little fantasy on cellular structure and function. A cell is like a little Biological factory or engine in many ways, and that is an aspect of cellular function that has always fascinated me.

The soft wash effects in the colored areas were created by layering marker colors on the reversed side of the drawing paper and allowing the ink to seep through. When the paper is flipped over, single marks have a soft uneven washed appearance with a faint dark line around the edges from the properties of the ink and paper fibers. In places where marker was applied more than once in layers, each pass with the marker pushes more color from the previous layers through to the other side of the paper. This property allows me to create mask effects, broken shapes and different types of contrast. When the colored portion was finished, the paper was lipped so I could work on the less saturated and more interesting side where the ink seeped or was pushed through the paper. Fine line traceries with an ultrafine tip felt tip (micron pigma 005 through 03 pens) were added. Selected colored regions were filled in with marker to create pops of saturated color.

Pigment ink felt tip pen and prismacolor art marker on Strathmore “Windpower” acid free recycled content drawing paper.

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CellCellularCellular BiologyMicroscopicBiology

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Dr. Valluzzi is a trained and experienced research scientist and science educator with a Ph.D. in Polymers, a B.S. in Materials Science from MIT and extensive experience and advanced training in Industrial[...]

Dr. Valluzzi is a trained and experienced research scientist and science educator with a Ph.D. in Polymers, a B.S. in Materials Science from MIT and extensive experience and advanced training in Industrial Chemistry, Biotechnology and Nanoscience. Her main body of work focuses on scientific themes and ideas. A complementary body of work develops new approaches to landscape paintings and more realistic themes, using nove ltechniques and media combinations.

Dr. Valluzzi's choice of materials and creative techniques are informed by her deep scientific background in areas related to the science of materials and how they behave.

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