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Erin McGee Ferrell |
| Breast Biopsy Ink on paper |
Artist Statement: The unexplained can strike at any time. I had no idea that over the past year cancer was slowly invading my breast; silent, secret, hidden. Ironic that I had just completed a year long state funded research project working with patients receiving chemotherapy. Now my colleagues would become my doctors. Three weeks into my diagnosis my family’s life has turned 180 degrees. In one week my breasts will be removed, and then a few weeks later my ovaries, forcing my body into early menopause. I hate lurking unknowns that surprise us unawares in the brightness of day. Bio: Classically trained as an oil painter, Erin McGee Ferrell, continues to build upon twenty-five years of her profession as a residential and corporate artist. Always having maintained an interest in the merging of science and art, Erin incorporates her Maine surroundings literally into the layers of her contemporary works. McGee Ferrell’s Petri Dish Series, has evolved over four years of mixed media exploration; micro biotic inspired paintings of land, sea, flora, and human cells. Bio luminescent Series: Ocean is interactive with florescent compounds altering the textures and compositions of the surface at night. |
