Art in support of medical research

My work is directed to helping support medicine and medical research.

My particular area of interest has been cancer research, and I have donated major paintings to this cause. In addition, from time to time, I donate a percentage of proceeds from sales of paintings to assist in this important area. I am also increasingling interested in antibiosis In an age of increasing numbers of 'super-bugs' —we need new ways of fighting these, and this will no doubt involve major paradigm-shifts in our approach.

In October 2003 I was one of 21 invited artists to participate in a fund-raising evening arts event and auction held at the National Gallery of Australia, in support of the Australian Foundation for Mental Health Research, and opened by Dr Brian Kennedy, the gallery's director. The painting I donated raised AUD$2,000 for the Australian Foundation for Mental Health Research and, together with sales from the other participating artists, raised a significant sum to assist in this relatively underfunded area of medical research.

My recent book, Principles of Nature: towards a new visual language, anticipates new ways of thinking about biology and biological processes and it is hoped that this theory may also assist more generally within life sciences research.

Breaking news: Scale-structure theory, the result of 10 years freelance work in investigating links among art-science-music-math-medicine, I have just published to the internet (Oct, 2004)!—see www.principlesofnature.net
[Book form already published 2003]

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