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Formulae for life (2026)Oil painting
by Jo Beer

56 Artist Reviews

£2,010

I was hopeless at chemistry/ physics and maths at school, but strangely, I do love to look at calculus. I find equations and formulae quite beautiful - shapes and patterns foreign to me.

I asked this retired chemistry teacher to write out a favourite chemical formula to bring with him to his sitting. He chose photosynthesis because it's absolutely necessary for life.
I have painted this in his own handwriting, and it is coated with fluorescent paint so glows in the dark.
He has a background consisting of very basic cell structure.

Signed in paint on the front, pen on the back.

Materials used:

Oil and acrylic

Details:

Tags:

#portrait#green#science#photosynthesis#equations#chemist
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I was hopeless at chemistry/ physics and maths at school, but strangely, I do love to look at calculus. I find equations and formulae quite beautiful - shapes and patterns foreign to me.

I asked this retired chemistry teacher to write out a favourite chemical formula to bring with him to his sitting. He chose photosynthesis because it's absolutely necessary for life.
I have painted this in his own handwriting, and it is coated with fluorescent paint so glows in the dark.
He has a background consisting of very basic cell structure.

Signed in paint on the front, pen on the back.

Materials used:

Oil and acrylic

Details:

Tags:

#portrait#green#science#photosynthesis#equations#chemist
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Selected for the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery 2025. Selected for Women in Art, Mall Galleries, London 2024 Sky PAOTY 2016 Sky PAOTY 2013. There is no... Read more

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