Microscopic Modern Art
Lost In A Mad Splash of Matter
Microscopic Modern Art was inspired when I purchased a home microscope with the intention to take a closer look at what’s actually going on around me. I collected snippets of things in nature from around my house, placed them in a drop of rain water, and arranged them on a slide to create an image that struck me. I photographed the microscopic pictures to capture the moment on a deeper level and found myself lost in a mad splash of matter. I continue to capture bits of nature mingling and spy on the unique patterns that emerge. Nature is eternally a wonder to behold on every level.
“When it comes to atoms, language can be used only as in poetry. The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts as with creating images.” Niels Bohr
Play with patterns in nature.
Microscopic Modern Art
Materials used:
blue dried hydrangea, orange berry, leaf
Created: December 2020
“In a sea of particles, there are bigger fish in the quantum foam.”
*Included in the Be a part of pARTicles virtual art exhibit at Fermilab February 2021
Microscopic Modern Art
Materials used: pomegranate, onion, pepper
Created January 2022
"Myth in Matter"
*Included in the Be a part of pARTicles virtual art exhibit at Fermilab February 2022
August 2023
Materials used: chicory, wildflowers, mushrooms, pine cone, dragonfly wing, yellow snap dragon
"Falling Star"
"Faerie Gift"
"Feather Moon"
"Twilight"
"Feed Me"
"Moon Faerie"
"Double Doors"
"Eye of the Beholder"
"Dragonfly Wing"
"Spun"
"Lizard Ride"
"Athene"
"Sunlight Sparkle"
"Flower Matter"
"Skyscraper"
"Loop"
"Wait"
"Mushroom Pink"
"Pine Cone Head"
"Head of the House"
"Feeling Blue"
"Moon in a Moon"
"Mellow Yellow"
"Stone Man"
"Sitting It Out"
"Feather Light"
"Diamond Dream"
"Fish Clown"
"Tent Party"
July 2023
Materials used: Pink waterlily, orange trumpet flower, bee wing. clover, thistle, algae, blackberry
This is the backyard macrocosm muse for this July Microscopic Modern Art. Glorious!
"Humpty Dumpty Before the Fall"
"Red Storm"
"Devil's Kiss"
"Dragon Eye"
"Jumble"
"Rainbow Blend"
"Drip"
"Thought Patterns"
"Sniff"
"Flyby"
"Plasma Channel"
"Peeking Skull"
"Bee-eel"
"Blue Eye"
"Pink Panther"
"Seeing Red"
"Stroll"
"Frozen Faerie"
"Fruity"
"Green Strike"
"Honey Wing"
"Bee Bubble"
"Sunset"
"Light Wing"
"Pink and Purple"
"Catch"
"Purple Line"
"Pink Waterlily and Thistle"
"Chards"
"Sticky Pink"
"Ascend"
May 2023
Materials used: tulip, bleeding heart, white flower, dandelion, cherry blossom tree leaf, violet, lilac
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"Sorcerer Lazuli"
"Hummingbird Spell"
"Court of Queen Chartreuse"
"Kiss of Gold"
"Portal"
"Color Sphere"
"Living Lines"
"Alone"
"Inside Patterns"
"Daisy Chain"
"Sea of Green"
"Cloud Diary"
"Tiny House Party"
"Confetti Curtain"
"Space Step"
"Bewitched"
"Dreaming Mountain"
"Secret Surpsrise"
"Cosmic Egg"
"Skull Jam"
"Ethereal Plain"
"!"
"Persephone"
"Quantum Ride"
"Frosted Purple"
"Flower Cat"
"Doodle Doo"
"Star Battle"
"Alice"
"Shadow Glance"
"Creeper"
"Circus Cyclone"
"Sparkle Clown"
"Falling Up"
"Heat Wave"
"Tulip Pill"
"Water Balloon"
"Meloncholy"
"Rise"
"Angel Glass"
"Microscopic Groot"
"Fire Blimp"
"Red Rain"
"Chill"
March 2022
Materials used: carrot, red pepper, brussel sprout, lettuce, poinsettia, dried fish skin, moss
"Charmer"
"Letting Go"
"Self Navigation"
"Lost Line"
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"Princess""
"Pink Sea"
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"As the Turtle Turns"
"Fever Pitch"
"Green Splatter"
"Peering Poinsettia"
"Fish Head"
"The Moon's Secret"
"Inner Foil"
"How A Red Pepper Rolls"
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"Mystery Mix"
"Lettuce Carrot On"
"In The Weeds"
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"Betwixt the Lines"
*taken from a slide from an earlier photo shoot- I believe it's dried hydrangea
October 2021- January 2022
Materials used: date, wild red berry, blackberry, onion, pomegranate
"Myxtress Molasses"
"The Dark is the Light"
"Eye on Top"
"Inner Crow"
"Red Line"
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"Chaos"
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"Sea Surprise"
"Gift"
June 2021
Materials used: raspberry, apple, blackberry, carrot, spinach
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"Pink Lady"
"Dream"
"Bacchus"
"Conspire"
"Particle City"
"Heart of Matter"
"Raspberry Whip"
"The Empress"
"Energy"
"Fresh"
May 2021
Materials used: petunia, geranium, mushroom, buttercup, dandelion
"Geranium"
"Queen Buttercup"
"Petunia Wave"
"Blow"
"Surprise!"
"Lurk"
February 2021
Materials used: fish skin, feather, shrimp, anchovy, spinach leaf, pomegranate seed, drop of blood, banana skin, coffee
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"Dream away into the night."
"Fish Face"
"Tiny Dancer"
"Love Buzz"
"Thoughtful Suspense"
"Have a bit."
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"Find Your Garden"
"Transformations"
"Light Drop"
"Pointer"
"Mother Inside"
"Points In Order"
"Speck"
"Attraction"
"Magic Play"
"Desert in You"
"Stepping out of the glass."
"Sailing the sea of dreams."
"Flying Lines"
"Fishy"
"Catch A Glimpse"
"Rainbow Flash Drive Bye"
"Light Lady"
December 2020
Materials used: dried hydrangea & zinnia, red onion, orange berry, leaf
“Eye of the storm.”
“Sailing a sea of uncertainty.”
“All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn’t put Humpty together again.”
~ Humpty Dumpty- ancient riddle
“Follow the yellow brick road.”
~ The Wizard of Oz
“Stitching our universal sweater together.”
“Bright is the lady in white, who runs ahead of light. She leaves today in a general way, and arrives in style last night.”
*Quote is a modified version of the limerick: There was a young lady named Bright, Whose speed was far faster than light;She started one day in a relative way, And returned on the previous night.
~ A. H. Reginald Buller in Punch
(19 December 1923): 591
“Point inside.”
“Travel bubble.”
“Fear not the face of you.”
"Looking Back"