Full Circle Associates

Teddy Zmrhal pointed me to the work of Dawn Meson. She has been working with the scientists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator to envisage what the phenomenon that occurs in the accelerator looks like. So she interacted with the scientists and then created astonishing images. Plus look at her other series. WOW. Art is lifeblood. Dawn writes:

My work is an attempt to paint the invisible. This series addresses the margins of our scientific understanding: the interactions I depict are theoretically understood but cannot be seen directly. These paintings explore the tiny Quantum phenomena that pervade our everyday world. Using color, translucency, textures and shape as symbols, I hint at the rich complexity and mystery in the subatomic realm. Many pieces also exist as animations of a sort: the introduction and evolution of each element in these works echoes the order of events described in quantum theory. A stop-action rendering of these paintings is captured on digital video.

Though my process attempts to mimic quantum models, this body of work is as much about belief structures as it is about science. For many who are not educated in higher level math, such systems of belief are taken on faith. The use of color and line in some of my paintings hint at this by evoking the look of stained-glass windows. These paintings, inspired by my decidedly non-mathematic interpretations of both quantum observations and theory, celebrate the role of visualization and imagination in scientific progress.

The attempt to paint the invisible. Again, I have this reverberating zing going through my mind. When I faciltiate online, I am attempting to render the invisible of human processes -- just enough to be useful, and not so much as to squash the seeds of imagination and possibility.

Did I say WOW?

(edited to finish my post. Blogger or my connection went flaky mid edit.)