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Post by The Gorgon on Jul 18, 2011 16:43:42 GMT -8
Hi Peeps, I did a search and didn't find a thread for Carlos Ramos. Any fans around here? "Vulpse lagopus renatus" He paints a lot of animals and titles his paintings with the scientific name, which is kindda refreshing coming from a science background. The above painting (Vulpes lagopus renatus), white arctic fox is one of my favorites. At first glance, I thought the guts were the placenta of the fox. Then I though, no they're just guts. But wait, the guts are a reverse chiral image (mirror image)! Anyone else dig his work?
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Post by cpk on Jul 19, 2011 21:01:56 GMT -8
I saw some really cute dog paintings (including a pug!) on Corey Helford Gallery's website. Would have loved to buy them
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Post by virtu on Jul 20, 2011 8:18:52 GMT -8
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Post by The Gorgon on Jul 20, 2011 9:37:26 GMT -8
Virtu, Oh heck yeah! I love the concept of "Natural History Museum Part I". I'm anxiously waiting Part II. What I noticed with his more recent works with animals is having fun with the binomial nomenclature (invented by Linneaus). For example, in the white arctic fox, Vulpse is the genus, and lagopus is the species. Every once in a while, you'll see the trinomial nomenclature, such as Homo sapiens sapiens (modern day humans). The second "sapiens" refers to the subspecies. When I researched Carlos' painting "Vulpse lagopus renatus" I went to every reputable taxonomy database to look for the subspecies "renatus" and couldn't find one. Another example was his painting for "Art from the New World" titled, "Grus antigone abstracticus" (sarus crane). I couldn't find the subspecies abstracticus. I finally got it! He invented those subspecies. Abstracticus referring to abstract, and renatus refering to rebirth. Brilliant! "Grus antigone abstracticus"
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