SPOTLIGHT 2025: DEMENTIA-INSPIRED Ph.D. COMMISSION:
“Unveiling the Overlaps”
Mixed media painting/print collage on gessobord panel
16” x 16” x 1.5” (2025)
Commission by Andrea + Bob Davenport as a Ph.D. gift for Elizabeth Pirraglia
inspired by her dissertation work at NYU entitled
Statistical Approaches to Heterogeneity in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
(research linked here)
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​​SPOTLIGHT - 2021: HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL DEPT. OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR PHARMACOLOGY
This commission serves as a tribute to key scientific advances in the BCMP community in the areas of: DNA replication & transcription, Viral Structure, and Cell-to-Cell Signaling. Artwork on permanent exhibition in the Charles C. Richardson and Folin Wu conference rooms.
GENERATION
Featuring major pathways by which genetic information is transmitted in cells from DNA to RNA to protein
Mixed media (gouache, acrylic, ink & monoprint collage on Arches cold press 140 lb watercolor paper)
40"Â x 26"
IMMERSION
Capturing the means by which enveloped and non-enveloped viruses (foreground to background: polio, rotavirus & SARS-CoV-2) infect cells
Mixed media (gouache, acrylic, ink & monoprint collage on Arches cold press 140 lb watercolor paper)
40"Â x 26"
SIGNALING
Highlighting the diverse mechanisms by which cells communicate with one another via cell surface receptors (Notch, GPCR & Integrins)
Mixed media (acrylic, gouache, ink, monoprint collage, rice paper, & graphite on Arches cold press 140 lb watercolor paper)
45" x 78"
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