Michele Banks
Hello! My name is Michele Banks and I’m a painter living and working in Washington, DC. You might say I took the scenic route to becoming a professional artist. I studied political science and Russian and worked in London and Moscow as a business consultant. When my husband was offered a job in Bermuda, I went along but was unable to work, so I had a baby and started painting. Both have turned out very well!
I mainly work in watercolor. When people think of watercolor, they think of pretty flowers and peaceful landscapes. But watercolor’s clarity, transparency and ability to “bloom” or “bleed” make it a great choice for scientific effects also. When watercolor paint meets a wet surface, it forms gorgeous fractal patterns, like neurons or blood vessels. When I look at photos of cells under a microscope, I’m amazed by their resemblance to some of my paintings. I particularly love making pictures of cells in various stages of division, or mitosis – not only is it beautiful, but it’s really the foundation of life itself.
I’ve been selling my work though festivals and galleries in the DC area for eight years now. I recently started selling online though Etsy. My paintings are hanging in some very nice labs and university biology departments now, but if you want to buy some bacteria for the kitchen or bathroom, that makes me happy too.
1. Green Cell Telophase
2. Heart Attack 3
3. Bacteria 4
4. Under the Microscope 3
5. Blue-Green Cell Cycle 3
6. Cell Division Blue 1
7. Atrial Flutter
8. Blue Mitosis Anaphase
9. Cell Division 4
10. Cell Division 8
Contact Michele Banks
Website: Artologica at Etsy
I do commission work – I’m happy to do a custom heart rhythm from your ekg, or a particular virus.
Email: miche@null.net
I mainly work in watercolor. When people think of watercolor, they think of pretty flowers and peaceful landscapes. But watercolor’s clarity, transparency and ability to “bloom” or “bleed” make it a great choice for scientific effects also. When watercolor paint meets a wet surface, it forms gorgeous fractal patterns, like neurons or blood vessels. When I look at photos of cells under a microscope, I’m amazed by their resemblance to some of my paintings. I particularly love making pictures of cells in various stages of division, or mitosis – not only is it beautiful, but it’s really the foundation of life itself.
I’ve been selling my work though festivals and galleries in the DC area for eight years now. I recently started selling online though Etsy. My paintings are hanging in some very nice labs and university biology departments now, but if you want to buy some bacteria for the kitchen or bathroom, that makes me happy too.
1. Green Cell Telophase
2. Heart Attack 3
3. Bacteria 4
4. Under the Microscope 3
5. Blue-Green Cell Cycle 3
6. Cell Division Blue 1
7. Atrial Flutter
8. Blue Mitosis Anaphase
9. Cell Division 4
10. Cell Division 8
Contact Michele Banks
Website: Artologica at Etsy
I do commission work – I’m happy to do a custom heart rhythm from your ekg, or a particular virus.
Email: miche@null.net
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Keep on at it, internet.
Why not actually set up something a bit more permanant that makes him reliant on the land and what it has to offer instead of dumpster diving and depending on friends to feed him. If he's already doing that then meh.. I didn't read the article :P
The article never claimed that he renounced all material things or services (those are still made with money) - it's just that he himself has been living for the past decade without using currency.
@ForReallyReal, your analogy is terrible and doesn't fit the situation at all. Everyone can be a vegan if they chose to be. No problems there. Everyone can't stop using money. Or, to be more precise, everyone can't stop using a means of exchange. Classic barter went away because it was too cumbersome; you had to hope/pray that the person who wanted what you had to trade had something you needed in return. There will always need to be a medium of exchange. Now, whether that medium should be inherently worthless monopoly money or something with intrinsic value that will hold its buying power over time and that politicians cannot debase is another discussion.