Drug molecules leave a capillary and enter the neuropil © 1996 Gayle Gross de Nunez and SAVANTES. All rights reserved. (click on image to see more)

Picturing the effects of drugs on the brain is one of the specialties of Cajal Illustration. Animations from the upcoming SAVANTES educational video on the brain and synaptic pharmacology of drugs of abuse were recently featured on "An ABC News Town Meeting, 'Kids... Parents ... Straight Talk on Drugs' with Peter Jennings" (March 1997) and can be downloaded from the impressive Cajal website. Don't miss the psychedelic wallpaper for biologists and botanists, and the artistic efforts of animator/neurobiologist Gayle Gross de Nunez.

 Science for Art’s Sake

Traveler on the Yellow Wave by William S. Burroughs 1982, gelatin-silver and chromogenic development prints and paint on plywood with shotgun holes, 25 1/8 x 12 1/2 in., collection of the Grinstein Family. (click on image to see more)

Williams Burroughs is known for documenting his experiences with drugs in radically uncoventional and sometimes banned novels (Junky, Naked Lunch) and other writings. He also experimented with visual art: this image is from a Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibit of his paintings, collages and mixed media work. The Burroughs Files is a good jumping off point for further exploration of his work.

Previously Featured Art

Frog Reconstructions from The Whole Frog Project

Desert Iguana by Carol Selter

(Issue 30 · posted May 15, 1998)

Images from Nature,

an illustrated catalog from London's Natural History Museum

(Issue 25 · posted February 20, 1998)

Breath Taken: The Landscape & Biography of Asbestos,

an exhibition by Bill Ravanesi

(Issue 24 · posted January 30, 1998)

Doomsday by Ulla Godwin

Excerpt from Metropolis by Fritz Lang

(Issue 21 · posted December 5, 1997)

Open Heart Surgery Movie from The Franklin Institute Science Museum

Donor Lymph Nodes by Max Aguilera-Hellweg

(Issue 20 · posted November 14, 1997)

Banana Exploding by Andrew Davidhazy, and

Nature Reborn by Ming Fay

(Issue 18 · posted October 17, 1997)

Lincoln by Bela Julesz and Leon Harmon, and

Keith/four times by Chuck Close

(Issue 17 · posted October 2, 1997)

Human, full body scan by Meditherm, and

Recollections by Ed Tannenbaum

(Issue 16 · posted September 19, 1997)

Praying Mantis by Kenneth J. Stein, and

StareCase by Alan Dorin

(Issue 15 · posted September 5, 1997)