isotope

Original oil painting.

Unframed, cradled panel sides are finished with clear varnish.
Painting is wired and ready to hang.
Signed, titled and dated on back.

In this painting I began with the renaissance image of Saint Theresa (who was martyred on the wheel) with a vintage image of a bike. As I continued to work the painting, I added a buddhist prayer wheel as a modified halo. From there I began thinking about subatomic particles...

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