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TaniaDibbs’paintingsareacon�uenceofscienceandart,paintandbiology,aseriesofformsthatareatoncerandom,organic,

orderly,beautifulandorganized,anorderthatissimultaneouslyspontaneousandstructured,theheartbeatofourlivingworld,

ofallexistenceeverywhere.

OriginallyalandscapepainterDibbshassinceleaptintothemicroworld,herpaintingsanexplorationofthepatternsthat

underlieourworld,thematrixoflifeonearththatisbothfamiliarandstrange.Thereissomethinginstinctuallyfamiliarinthese

pictures,asifweareemotionallyattunedtotheuniversalwavesofskyandsea,theerosionoftheland,thesettingofthesun.

Here’swhatshehastosayaboutherwork:

Theseimagesremindmeofmiraclesofbiotech:howbacteriacanbealteredtoproduceour

pharmaceuticals,howatracheacanbegrowninalab,howscientistscanorderupmachinemade

DNA,howtheycanmakeaglowinthedarkbunnybymanipulatinggenes,etc.Theformsinthese

paintingscouldbemolecules,orbiologicaltransformation,ormicroscopicviewsofinfection.The

technologydescribedseemsbothmiraculousandunnervingandtheshapescanbeviewedas

beautifulorscary.They�oat,groundless,allowingthemtohavemanymeaningsandortomaintain

theirmysteryandbeautyandpotentialwithoutdistinctinterpretation.

WhetherIpaintthewholeorapart,somethingrecognizableorsomethingabstracted,thepieces

feelfamiliartomostpeoplewhoareresidentsofthesameplanet,andlovinglyfamiliartome.

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