Frank Allan Plummer (aids/ebola/SARS)

30 x 30” mixed media on canvas | framed

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From the Microscapes series: Frank Allan Plummer studied AIDs transmission in Kenya as a collaboration between the University of Nairobi and the University of Manitoba. His research identified immunological and genetic features shared by a group of female sex workers who demonstrated immunity to HIV. He also saw the development of a successful vaccine for Ebola viral hemorrhagic fever. At the time of his death, he was working to develop an HIV vaccine.

Microscapes - This series of paintings and sculptures portray a fantastical and imagined world where one can fly, float, or soar through a diminutive landscape filled with microbes, bacteria, viruses, cells, and atoms. The landscapes have the illusion of space so that the viewer can picture themselves floating amongst and exploring the cellular detritus. They allow the viewer to be a kind of ‘nano-tourist’ in a tiny world that is experienced every day. A world that in reality, can only be seen using a microscope or a particle accelerator.  

Colour is very important to this work. It is used to evoke a kind of ‘Disney-fied’ imagining of the microscopic/subatomic landscape. 

Acrylic with a clear UV matte or satin varnish for protection. Signed on the back with the date. 

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