This painting depicts anaphase; a stage of mitosis and/or meiosis. All eukaryotic life forms undergo mitosis or meiosis both asexually and sexually in order to process one of the crucial stages in the mechanism of life (cell reproduction). I wish to ‘pause’ the cell’s cycle duration immediately before the stage of telophase (which shows cleavage furrow separating separate cells). By using a circular canvas the painting brings connotations of microscopic imagery. The dust and colours used in this painting imply and mimic a starry light. I hope viewers can rejoice in our abstraction of being alive.

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This painting was awarded as the Biological Arts Prize 2015 (Animal Biology Davies Prize) and become one of the collections at the University of Western Australia.