GIMARA DUNCAN
FUSING SCIENCE & ART
BIOGRAPHY
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"Fusing science and art brings to life the passion
I have for nature and the beauty I have experienced
by attempting to understand it
"

Gimara is a freelance artist. She deals in primarily in fine art and scientific illustration & photography. A 1st Class Honours graduate from the University of Queensland, Gimara has worked as an academic scientist across a number of different fields from researching eucalypts in the Australian 'outback'' to craniofacial abnormalities in London (Kings College London). Gimara has specialist photographic skills for scientific illustration. These include: Transmission Electron Microscopy, Biological Transmission Electron Microscopy and Confocal/Optical Microscopy.

Gimara was mentored in fine art by 'Stan' Peter Stayner, a graduate from the Royal College of Art UK and international author.

Her designs and art have been published within a variety of different academic and general magazines. These include:

  • Hybrid 2009 by the ARTS COUNCIL of ENGLAND
  • Creativity in Business 2009
  • Marri Magazine 2005
  • Damsel Magazine 2005
  • Oral Bioscience and Medicine 2004

"...in the lab I wore a white lab coat with my hair tied back
& in the studio I wear a black apron with my hair down."

Gimara is continually developing her fine art techniques to fuse her knowledge of science with her love of art.

Art Workshops:

Gimara instructs in art. Currently, she teaches Drawing and Painting techniques @ ACE college in Derbyshire.

Gimara was invited to run a workship for the Friends in Art group  @ Gladstone Regional Art Gallery Museum. Below are a few photos taken from the workshop:

Friends in Art Gladstone
Friends in Art Gladstone
Friends in Art Gladstone

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