This body of work is called “Abstracted”. The purpose of a scientific abstract is to distill the contents of a paper. Abstraction in art involves the use of shapes, colors and forms to create a composition that may, or may not, have a visual reference.  “Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot see physically with his eyes” – Arshile Gorky. In this series, actual scientific articles (mostly my own) are abstracted to varying degrees and in different ways – using collage (paper), glass (my own medium) and music (through collaborations). Each step of abstraction loses scientific data, but by becoming less literal, our hope is that it encourages the viewer to be curious, to ask questions, and to participate in the work.