Mark Ross, an artist and illustrator, uses his rural Connecticut upbringing to fuel his creativity in depicting complex scientific concepts. Residing in Austin, Texas, Ross has worked on numerous Scientific American covers, visually interpreting intricate subjects such as biomolecular condensates that shape our understanding of cells. His artistic practice intertwines contemporary scientific themes with classical human figure drawing, emphasizing the unique immediacy of live models. Philip Ball, a science writer, highlights the significance of biomolecular condensates discovered a decade ago, showcasing their critical role in cellular function.
Ross loves depicting these cutting-edge scientific subjects, but he also makes time every week to practice drawing a more classical one: the human body. It's like working out, really, he says of his weekly figure painting.
About a decade ago he visited a laboratory in Germany where scientists had found a strange clumping mechanism in worm embryo cells. These so-called biomolecular condensates have turned out to be important for just about every aspect of cellular function.
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