Zedist Leaf | Open Edition Print oil I kept the lighting flat

I kept the lighting flat in an attempt to draw in the eye in with proportional shapes alone

There is a rawness to the place

I have replaced the real anatomy with a virtual grandiose phallic symbol that he is directing with his lower right hand as it rests comfortably on a large fulcrum in tribute to Archimedes

The egg then splits

My first piece ever painted plein air style out on my friend’s ranch in Meyer’s Creek

Zedist Leaf | Open Edition Print oil I kept the lighting flatIve always been fascinated with the microscopic intricacies and patterns in plants. So much repetition and order to create the biological system that can support the flow of atoms and molecules across distances. Symmetry and efficiency seem to pervade the laws of organic life.