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The Duel over the Calculus [diptych](2007)

Calculus is arguably the cornerstone of modern mathematics. English scientist Isaac Newton and German philosopher Gottfried Leibnitz both independently ‘discovered’ the method in the mid 17th Century. The dispute over true authorship continued for many…

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Chris (2007) version #2

So, I broke the habit of a lifetime, and re-painted a picture I’ve put up here before. After living with Chris on the wall for a few weeks, it became apparent that he just wasn’t…

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Ben (2007)

acrylic on canvas 600mm x 600mm Ben thinks I’ve made him look ‘cancerous’ in this painting, he may be right, flattery has rarely been a term in my palette. For me, it’s all about the…

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Edison and Topsy (2006)

acrylic on canvas, 600mm x 600mm Thomas Edison is often hailed as the great American Inventor, resonsible for such innovations as the phonograph and the lightbulb (which of course, he didn’t actually invent). The truth…

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Tesla, the prophet (2007)

acrylic on canvas 600mm x 600mm Nikola Tesla, who’s featured here before, was a Serb-American inventor with achievements are too numerous to mention – click the Wikipedia link and see for yourself. The original intention…

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Chris (2007)

acrylic on canvas 600mm x 600mm New year, new painting, this time of my good friend Chris. In keeping with a new year of aesthetic experimentation, I’ve been playing around with timelapse photography to document…