I decided to use a canvas as my medium. My painting was illustrated using acrylic paint. The main concepts that I wanted to portray were elements from the quantum theory, and other topics that were discussed in class.

I had modified my idea from the one I originally submitted in the 1st draft. I decided to omit my idea using Schrödinger's cat as the main idea since I felt that it was lacking in terms of effectiveness. I did keep Nyan cat as my representation of an electron, and incorporated other bits and pieces, which were originally part of my second draft idea involving alternate realities and mirrors (I kept the mirrors), and the alternate realities inspired me to create the idea with the duality of particles.

The general concept that I wanted to demonstrate was the wave-particle duality of electrons. For this, I needed to implement a method that was capable of showing both possibilities simultaneously. We learned that electrons could behave either as a wave or a particle, and so I found a way to picture them together. I used mirrors placed on each side of my "electron," each showing one main possibility: one demonstrated the electron as a wave and the other as a particle. But when you place two mirrors facing each other, you'll see that the image is replicated on and on. Also, the two different subjects will alternate between each additional mirror within the original, creating a never-ending train that will stretch on. What I liked about the use of the mirrors is that by looking at both, you can see that the duality exists in light. However if you look at one, you'll only see one side of it initially, yet the presence of the other still there beyond that of what we see. Also as a bonus, the theory that energy is never lost nor created, but transferred can be demonstrated using the mirrors as well. The never-ending image that bounces back between the two mirrors can demonstrate that energy is being transferred from on side to another, yet is never lost since the image (even when it is too tiny to see) is still present.

Another concept that I included was the double-slit experiment, which has to do with the wave-particle duality of electrons. At the beginning of the hallway, instead of having one slit belonging to a door, I decided to add two as a reference to the experiment. This experiment lead to the discovery of the duality of particles, and it seems fit to have it at the start of the hallway to demonstrate the origin of this theory.

I used Nyan cat, which is a popular Internet meme to represent an electron. It seemed fit since it has to do with the cat in Schrödinger's experiment being the one to confirm the presence of alpha particles, and in this case the one to demonstrate it. I also made use of the rainbow that trails behind the cat. I kept them wavy in the case of the waves, and straight in the case of the particles. The central cat I left without any rainbows at all, since I didn't want to make a rainbow hybrid that was wavy and straight. I think it also allows it to demonstrate the idea that not all light/energy is visible to the naked eye. Below the cat, I put a subtitle "This is not an electron" based on Magritte's paintings to demonstrate that it is not an electron, but a representation of one.

Overall, this came out better than I expected in terms of the different concepts that are demonstrated here. I actually did not begin with all of those mentioned above, but I found some way to add them in as I went along. I was however expecting a little better in terms of the quality of artwork. I'm used to working on paper, and since this was my first serious attempt of using paint and canvas, I was sort of expecting the precision and tidiness to have been a little better than what I managed. However, the concept is what really counts in the end and I am very pleased in that aspect.