Paintings from the Life Forms Series; Figures as Nucleic Acids, oil paintings by Julie Newdoll

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Life Forms Series
The tiny molecular machines within us that produce our energy, regenerate wear and tear on our bodies, and direct every aspect of our being are composed of tiny building blocks strung together in beautiful patterns. These molecular building blocks are represented by human figures in this series. There are lots of bright reds, oranges and yellows, to symbolize life, blood, energy, and the forces and bonds, both weak and strong, which keep these structures together in a dance that can never stop as long as life continues.

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Dawn of the Double Helix oil/mixed media 18" x 25" 2003 This one will be an enhanced digital print. The owner of the original could not be reached. Human figures assembled in the way DNA typically is found. They form a twisted ladder, where the figures on one side are right side up and the other strand of figures are upside down.
	Base Pair oil/mixed media 18" x 24" 2003 Collection of Dr. Sam Dychter These two figures represent one wrung of the ladder in the structure of DNA. The strain between the figures reflects not only the molecular interactions between the building blocks of DNA, but the tension between the scientists involved in the discovery of the structure. Like a base pair of real DNA, one figure has its head up and the other is upside down. Both faces would look out of the canvas at us in an actual base pair.
RNA in a Modern World oil/mixed media 24" x 33" 2003 Collection of the Artist, $2,600 framed Primitive human figures make up this RNA structure. RNA is a cousin to DNA, composed of similar building blocks, but with very different roles in a cell, and is potentially a much older molecule. It can easily take a wide variety of forms, unlike DNA, and may have been the first self-replicating life form.
	Rise of the Alpha Helix oil/mixed media 18" x 24" 2003 Collection of Drs. Devavani Chatterjea and David Matthes Human figures depict a structure found in proteins. The building blocks of proteins contain unique sidechains that project out into the world, like the flowers in the hands of the figures.
Figures in a Beta Sheet oil/mixed media 18" x 24" 2003 Collection of Drs. Devavani Chatterjea and David Matthes Human figures in a protein structure. Each figure holds out a flower, like the unique sidechains each building block of a protein possesses.