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Ele Willoughby, PhD

Happy birthday to Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), scientist & Augustinian friar who posthumously gained fame for establishing many of the rules of heredity, fundamental to modern genetics. By carefully crossbreeding pea plants & tracing 7 characteristics (plant height, pod shape & colour, seed shape & colour, and flower position and colour)….

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My linocut portrait of Happy birthday to Gregor Mendel (1822-1884), scientist and Augustinian friar wearing small glasses, cassock and cross on chain, printed in green. He is surrounded by pea plants specifically coloured to be reminiscent of a Punnett square with mauve flowers on the top, left and right, and bottom left but white flowers on the bottom right. The each print is 11" by 14" (28 cm by 35.6 cm), on ivory Japanese kozo paper with "chine-collé" white and mauve paper.⁠ ⁠
Jul 20, 2023, 12:17 PM·Public
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Ele Willoughby, PhD

he was able to deduce what are now referred to as the laws of Mendelian inheritance. He coined the terms "recessive" & "dominant" traits. Some of his findings are subtly alluded to in the layout of the pea flowers, like a Punnett square depicting a cross between 2 pea plants heterozygous for purple & white blossoms. ⁠

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