Neural Electricity 16"x20", oil on canvas

Wall Architecture oil on canvas, 20"x26", collection of the artist

Maxillary Wallpaper 10x10, oil on canvas

The Waiting Room oil on canvas, 21" x 26"

Artist Michelle Anderst received her certificate in Natural Science Illustration but she says that anatomy takes center stage in her artwork.  Her pieces combine the natural and man-made gracefully.  I’m especially drawn to her anatomy and circuitry pieces.

Michelle says of her work;

I am currently using my illustrative style to form fictional but plausible unions of biological and man-made structures on canvas. In my studies of science, I have observed many structural similarities in nature which man has also used to achieve a similar function. One example of this is found in the end point of a circuit, called a lead, located on a computer board. This structure looks very similar to a nerve cell ending called a bouton. Both constructions serve the purpose of communicating electronic signals but one is built by man and the other occurs naturally. I paint wallpaper in my compositions to enhance and compare the elegance that I see in bones, veins and nerves. I would like viewers of my artwork to think about the patterns and beauty in these parts of our bodies instead of seeing them as a reference to death.

View more of Michelle’s fantastic work on her site, michelleanderst.com

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