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- Painting of an Alchemist by Paul McMillan,
a surreal, figurative Stillife
with self portrait titled "The Alchemist"
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- Genre: Self Portrait / Figurative / Surreal
Stillife / with Secret Coded Message
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- "The Alchemist"
- (Self Portrait)
- Including:
- --Coded message in the book. Can you Break
it?
- --Miscellaneous tools of the Alchemist and more!
- --Perpetual motion machine. Have I finally made the
one that works?
- --Catapult, my compound ratio design. What's in the
sling?
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- 36" x 48"
- Oil on Panel
- No. 228
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below for close-up detail
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- In this Painting of an Alchemist by Paul
McMillan, a surreal, figurative
Stillife with self portrait titled "The Alchemist",
an original 36" x 48"oil painting on panel, I was trying
to have some fun by portraying an alchemist succeeding in the
act of making gold. Much can be learned from the history of alchemy
and all the other intertwined high and low efforts embodied in
the wonderful stories to which many were engaged in a pursuit
of a worth more valuable than the precious element defining their
pursuit. I chose a self portrait of myself as the alchemist central
to the subject matter of the artwork.
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- How would an artist ready ones' self for
such an odyssey in a painted image? What would an alchemist need
to do their work? All this lead to studying some of the tools
of the trade that are in my opinion, absolutely vital to the
pursuit of a true alchemist. With the exception of the pallete
knife, crystal muller and my self portrait, all the objects within
this unique composition were invented purely from my imagination.
In addition to the objects relative to alchemy I include a design
for an offset balance perpetual motion machine and a compound
ratio catapult.
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- Oh, I almost forgot to mention there is a
coded message written on the pages of the open book in the painting.
What would a painting about an alchemest be without a secret
message? If you want to know what it has to say, you'll have
to break the code, if you can.
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- Disclaimer: I did not say the laws of physics
could be broken, "I said you could learn a lot by challenging
them."
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- Perpetual Motion Machine
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- Catapult
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- Books, Map, Vial
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- Ship in the bottle
- Penny in the bottle
- Bag of coins
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- Self portrait
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- Clock
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- Right Hand
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- Book with coded message
- Message
In Code
- Can
you Break it???
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- Left Hand
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- Mercury spill
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- Lamp and Gold
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- Book and beakers
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- Bubbling vial
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- Base with marbles as feet
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- Beaker-dripping
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- Pallet
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- Beakers
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- Clock and Ink well
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