Scientific Intuition: Lessons in Fundamental Neuroscience, the landscape and Ramón y Cajal

A busy and an inspiring month in the studio.  I am advancing many works while simultaneously enriching my practice by auditing a Fundamental Neuroscience class.  The drawings I am posting are comprised of completed works and drawings that are in progress.  I continue to increase my understanding of Ramón y Cajal and his work by intertwining my study of neurons, the landscape and the portrait.

Fundamental Neuroscience class notes, ink and pen on paper, 11" x 14"

Landscape study at the Nelson Atkins Museum, marker and pen on paper, 11" x 14"

Silveria Ramón y Cajal bathed in Goethe Color Theory, acrylic and ink on paper, 11" x 14"

Fundamental Neuroscience class notes, ink and pen on paper, 9" x 12"

Landscape study by Cooper Library, marker on paper, 11" x 14"

Santiago Ramón y Cajal bathed in Goethe Color Theory, acrylic and ink on paper, 11" x 14"

Drawing in progress:  Fundamental Neuroscience class notes, ink and pen on paper, 9" x 12"

Drawing in progress:  Fundamental Neuroscience class notes, ink and pen on paper, 9" x 12"

Intellectual work is an act of creation. It is as if the mental image that is studied over a period of time were to sprout appendages like an ameba—outgrowths that extend in all directions while avoiding one obstacle after another—before interdigitating with related ideas.   

-Santiago Ramón y Cajal