Three years in a rural environment has led Jess Doherty to question the interconnectedness of nature’s intricate elements and our place within it. Therefore, currently Doherty’s work explores a fairly modern territory of art practice that can be summarised as ‘Science presented through Art’. A focus on science is a display of her passion for the natural world. The artist has recently been linking magnified biological structures in nature with the abstract language of pattern, creating proper supports in order to elevate their importance as Fine Art.
Instead of focussing on the whole, what fascinates this artist is the abstract configurations that are not visible to the naked eye. These minute forms are the buildings blocks of life. Being able to record nature’s microscopic beauty through photography, drawing and painting is a privilege for this young artist. Once uncovered, this cacophony of structures from below the lens are manipulated to produce images; slightly abstracted versions of the structures.
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As much as art and science compliment each other they also differ; art is free to experience random undertakings to produce work but science requires precise accurate actions to carry out experiments and display facts. However, Doherty’s artwork merges these subjective and objective approaches, where the drawing and paintings display both precise and random marks. Even though the artist illustrates scientific laws, her work does not contain accurate information.
Thus, this aesthetically agreeable artwork aims not to inform viewers with any in-depth or intense amount of biological information, only to show impressions of microscopic forms to enlighten viewers to the charm that scientific processes and equipment can reveal in nature. Doherty’s work therefore lies in the little known territory between art and science.
In addition, to give the patterns context the artist has incorporated aspects of the nude human figure as a way of anchoring the pattern and showing an aspect of design to be apparent in the prints. Her most recent final prints are a visual reminder of the importance of our biological makeup, bringing the inner workings of the body to the exterior. These vital biological structures are seen to escape to body in circular spiralling formation, as though they are growing and expanding just as cells do naturally.
In addition, to give the patterns context the artist has incorporated aspects of the nude human figure as a way of anchoring the pattern and showing an aspect of design to be apparent in the prints. Her most recent final prints are a visual reminder of the importance of our biological makeup, bringing the inner workings of the body to the exterior. These vital biological structures are seen to escape to body in circular spiralling formation, as though they are growing and expanding just as cells do naturally.
In addition, to give the patterns context the artist has incorporated aspects of the nude human figure as a way of anchoring the pattern and showing an aspect of design to be apparent in the prints. Her most recent final prints are a visual reminder of the importance of our biological makeup, bringing the inner workings of the body to the exterior. These vital biological structures are seen to escape to body in circular spiralling formation, as though they are growing and expanding just as cells do naturally.
