Sam Ainsley RSA is an artist and teacher and, until 2005, was Head of the MFA Programme at Glasgow School of Art (GSA). She has forged a remarkable career within the visual arts sector nationally and internationally. From 1985 to 1991 she taught on the Environmental Art programme at GSA under David Harding’s leadership before co-founding the Master of Fine Art course.
This print shows an image of leaf skeletons in a rounded conical structure in tones of blue and yellow, on a red background. The title refers to the scientist D'arcy Thompson and his book 'On Growth and Form'. The artist wrote that D'arcy Thomson's book "had a profound influence on me as an art student. The book describes the extraordinary patterns in nature that have influenced the man made world we live in to this day."
