DC area artist Michele Banks works with wet-in-wet watercolor to create abstract paintings of biological subjects - lots of cells, mitotic spindles, etc. You can see more of her work at her Makers Market shop (under the nom d'art Artologica), or at the SoWeBohemian Festival in Baltimore this weekend.
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Washington, DC artist Michele Banks, aka Artologica, is a painter who, in her own words, "uses an old and often-disrespected medium, watercolor, to create pieces that are anything but old-fashioned." Her works in Makers Market focus on biological and medical themes, particularly the…
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DC area artist Michele Banks has donated one of her cell division watercolors to raise funds for art outreach. Check out the online auction - the painting is matted and framed and currently going for only $52.
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Hi - thanks so much for the post! Please note that my Makers Market store has a new URL: http://makersmarket.com/seller/artologica