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This surreal portrait of Charles Darwin was done for The Eloquent Atheist online literary magazine, for Darwin Day 2008.

You can see the image at The Eloquent Atheist, [link] .

I posted a 'making of' on my blog, The Flying Trilobite you can see here at this [link] .

Oil on canvas paper.

Merry Darwin Day!
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:iconoriginalzero:
Its incredible, beatiful...
Science inspired art as this, make
me remember what Dawkins said
about the wonder of the
natural world being the greatest posible
inspiration for art.

Darwin did for Biology, the same
what Newton did for Physics.

Man, your work its awesome, im
a Biologist so your art touch me
more deeply if thats factible.

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*GlendonMellow Jun 28, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
Thank you very much, OriginalZero!

This is indeed the reason I create art. I have always been painting and drawing, but after reading Dawkins River Out of Eden in University, it changed my direction.

That's why my blog, The Flying Trilobite has the tagline, Art in Awe of Science. There is so much beauty in understanding how the world really works, it feels as though using traditional painting techniques is one way to draw other people's attention toward that.

Biologists like yourself are working with living beauty.

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:iconpaw-br:
It's awesome. I love this kind of conceptual pieces :P...

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*GlendonMellow Mar 31, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
Many thanks =Paw-BR!

I'm pretty happt with how this turned out. Please check out The Eloquent Atheist, where I originally had this posted.

Cheers.
-Glendon

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:iconpaw-br:
My pleasure =D.
I did pay a look, but I didn't go too deep. I have it on my links to surf a bit deeper :P...

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~emptybook Mar 10, 2008  Hobbyist Digital Artist
This? Right here? Awesome. Nice conceptual piece!

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*GlendonMellow Mar 10, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
Thanks emptybook! Very much appreciated.

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~emptybook Mar 10, 2008  Hobbyist Digital Artist
:) np

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Arms wonky? Eyes in the completely wrong place? It's amazing how you miss these things while staring right at them.
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:iconjacquelinerae:
Cool! Can't believe I missed this when you posted it!

My deviation watch list gets so flooded with the insect club's posts I often miss the deviations I really want to look at!

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"Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work worthy the interposition of a deity. More humble and I believe truer to consider him created from animals."
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*GlendonMellow Mar 10, 2008  Professional Traditional Artist
One might say you suffer a plague of insects.

Thanks Jacqueline!

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