Over at The Flying Trilobite, Glendon Mellow posts five portraits of scientists/evolutionists, including Genie Scott, Richard Dawkins, Jane Goodall, Craig Venter et moi. This was a task for his drawing course:
This is the series Lights I began for my drawing course at York. Our project was to draw between 5 and 30 heads. The idea and compositions I set for myself are fairly simple. Draw portraits of living biologists, each with a light source on their heads, and incorporating a double helix form.
I like the fly, and am flattered by the idea to do my portrait (my first, I think), but wish I didn’t look so australopithecine (note: not the artist’s fault!)
My favorite is the joint Venter/Dawkins portrait:
Check out Glendon’s evolution-themed gallery, especially “Haldane’s Precambrian Puzzle.”
All artwork copyrighted by Glendon Mellow.
I think he’s gone for a more Roger Waters look for you.
http://z.about.com/d/classicrock/1/0/1/G/SONY-CLASSICAL-ROGER-WATERS.jpg
Weird.
Is the fly related to your botfly story?
He definitely need to change the firefly into a bot-fly and Jerry needs to have his eyes open.
Off topic, but why is WordPress now confused between NewEnglandBob and newenglandbob?
Actually, I think the artist was quite generous to Jerry. Makes him look like he’s in his 20s or 30s, which I guess is more accurate, as the botfly thing happened a long time ago.
The Venter (or is it Obadiah Stane?) portrait inspired me to finally do this montage:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64754388@N00/4091964350/
Was Venter an inspiration for the casting of Obadiah Stane in the 2008 production of Ironman?
What kind of insect has tegmina and four wings?