dIck mARTin Creative Artist
Abstract Painting
Particle
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The
inspiration
for
these
paintings
comes
from
the
components
of
atomic
nuclei
as
investigated
by
the
LHC
(Large
Hadron
Collider,
the
world's
largest
and
most
powerful
particle
collider,
built
by
the
European
Organization
for
Nuclear
Research
(CERN)
from
1998
to
2008).
After
accelerating
particles
up
to
near
the
speed
of
light
they
are
made
to
collide
in
an
explosion
revealing
different
elemental
particles
of
the
atom.
A
major
group
of
particles
in
atomic
nuclei
are
called
quarks.
The
six
types
of
quarks
are
known
as
flavors
:
up,
down,
strange,
charm,
bottom,
and
top.
I
have
used
the
idea
of
these
collisions
to
express
what
the
result
might
feel
like.
Colours
are
chosen
and
manipulated
to
give
a
harmonious
and
pleasing
image
and
represent
the
quarks.
The
series
includes
other
elemental
particles
such
as
Tauons
and
Fermions
etc.
The
paintings
are
intended
to
be
exciting
close
up
as
well
as
at
a
distance
with
new
movements
to
be
seen
at
every
viewing.
The
title
of
each
painting
is
the
name
of
a
quark
or
particle
as
felt
appropriate.
Strange
60 x 60cm
£215
Anti Strange
60 x 60cm
Charm
60 x 60cm
£215
Anti Charm
60 x 60cm
£215
Top
60 x 60cm
Anti Top
60 x 60cm
£215
Gluon
60 x 60cm
£215
Bottom
60 x 60cm
£215
Up
60 x 60cm
Down
60 x 60cm
dIck mARTin Creative Artist
Anti Bottom
60 x 60cm
£215
Tauon
60 x 60cm
£215
Anti Up
60 x 60cm
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