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Inspiration:
"A Brushstroke of Discovery" .
    The foundation of this work is the very simple premise that the entire history of our planet is
    but a single brushstroke on the immense canvas of the cosmos, and that life is in perpetual transformation.
The theme of discovery runs throughout the entire mural as a thread that holds the entire work
    compositionally together and makes it flow from one image to the next.

Innovation:
    This very large mural is in itself an innovation, because it presents a painting
    that can be placed outdoors without fading and lose color intensity.
    Painting traditionally is a medium that cannot be exposed to the elements for it's chemical fragility.

A meeting of art and industry:
    In essence the mural is a fine art image that has been realized by adapting   and extending industrial methods
    to achieve durable surfaces for the exterior of buildings with fired glass   enamels.
    The mural has been made possible by the close collaboration of the artist, Narcissus Quagliata,
    Alfonso Hernandez of Esmaltados Alfher, and Pablo Torrealba, director of the
    silk-screen studio at Alfher, in Mexico City.

Alfonso Hernandez, Raul, Narcissus Quagliata, Juan Carlos, Dom Fioravanti and Mike Solomon
at Esmaltados Alfher in Mexico city.

The work merges together into one event the disciplines of painting,
photography, silk-screen, computer digital work, and the final direct
intervention of the artist on the surface of the work.

The artist:
In the context of a life dedicated to imagination in the
   creation of imagery and exploration in investigating materials,
   two recent works stand out as major achievements in Quagliata's career.

   "Divinity in Light" is a contemporary glass dome that was placed to complete
   the Rotunda of the basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli, in Rome.

"A brushstroke of Discovery " the mural for Discovery Communications
    is a monumental work highly figurative that invites the viewer to reflect on
    the uniqueness of life itself, and the variety of it's forms and on the
    history of our very planet.
    Both works thread together science and art.