I stumbled across an article on Fredrick Banting today that I found very inspiring – as lot of my work day is spent trying to find ways to make science interesting to the average person. While this isn’t exactly a marriage of scientific discovery and art, I still loved the idea of a great Canadian scientist influencing the work of one of our country’s greatest artists:
“And most surprisingly, you see Banting’s work as an artist, influenced by Group of Seven painter A.Y. Jackson, who was one of the doctor’s best friends. Even then, Banting’s inventive mind was at work. Using matchsticks, he devised a method to carry wet paintings from the woods so they wouldn’t smudge – a technique Jackson used the rest of his life.”
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