'The beating landscape' Cardiac Muscle

Odra Noel

Wellcome Collection

An abstract illustration depicts parallel bands of orange and yellow, interspersed with green and olive-colored organic shapes. A vibrant blue, amoeba-like form with dark blue speckles is centrally located. Cardiac muscle with muscle mitochondria. Cardiac muscle forms the thicker layer of our pulsing hearts. It contracts and relaxes, contracts and relaxes many times a minute, every minute of our lives. With many mitochondria, packed between the fibres, to provide the energy required for such a dedicated task. Cellular level art, paint on silk, digitised.