Olga Volchkova Russian/American, 1970
Saint Pea - Original and print available, 2020
Acrylic on wood
24" x 20" original painting
14" x 12" Signed print available $100
14" x 12" Signed print available $100
Observations about pea hybridization by village farmers, who were almost always women, led Gregor Mendel, who grew up in such a village, to conduct the first modern genetic research. Rigorous...
Observations about pea hybridization by village farmers, who were almost always women, led Gregor Mendel, who grew up in such a village, to conduct the first modern genetic research. Rigorous experiments allowed Mendel to build a mathematical model of inherited characteristics. If you cross-pollinate purple and white peas, the recessive white gene is expressed only after skipping one generation. That would explain why I look like my grandmother. And Saint Pea smiles down upon us all.