The Artistry
Creating art is Eric Gordon’s second career, one that emerged organically from a lifelong dialogue between science and creativity.
For 50 years, he led a fulfilling career in organic chemistry, with a focus on drug discovery, where the visual imagination required to design complex molecules laid a quiet foundation for his artistic evolution. Over the past 10 years, Eric has developed a distinctive visual language, refining his own techniques and processes to express ideas that transcend traditional boundaries.
He finds an unexpected yet profound resonance between scientific inquiry and artistic expression. Both demand a deep visual intuition, whether envisioning the elegant structure of a therapeutic compound or composing forms on glass that suggest life in motion. His dual passions - science and art - have converged into a singular perspective that animates his work with both precision and wonder.
Without knowledge of his scientific background, viewers often describe his pieces as “biological” or “cellular.” Many of his works evoke a sense of dynamic transformation - fluid moments frozen in time - that hint at the hidden mechanisms of nature and the unseen architecture of the world around us.
