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Immediately Identifiable (2012). 80”x116”. Pigment dispersion and silk screen on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist. Two models of human protein, “bubble” (in red) and “ribbon” (in black and gray). The helices are the chains of amino acids that make up human protein. Mitosis Mutation (1994). 24”x24”. Pigment dispersion and silk screen on canvas. Image courtesy of the artist. At the top of this image, the chromosomes of Isabel Goldsmith were photographed under a microscope at the John Innes Center, Norwich, England, in 1992. Her blood was autoclaved and the nuclei were placed in a French bean culture so that I could make her genetic portrait. In this image they are replicating themselves and snapping off to make new pairs in the process of mitosis. Later in 1994, the generic image of the AIDS virus, as seen under an electron microscope, was combined as a visual collage to create a new image about the fragile nature of life. This painting was a precursor to a series about Vanitas. SciArt in America December 2013 37