Rebecca Ivatts

Fruits of the Forest

Rebecca Ivatts - Fruits of the Forest)

Fruits of the Forest (2019)

Acrylic, house paint and peacock feathers on canvas

70 x 70cm

This vivid, neuroscientific take on the still life is inspired by imagery dubbed the ‘brainbow’, in which individual neurons can be distinguished from neighbouring ones using fluorescent proteins. The process is not only beautiful but very useful for analysing connections in the brain.