Accordion Sketchbook



"What mysterious forces precede the appearance of the processes, promote their growth and ramification, stimulate the corresponding migration of the cells and fibers in predetermined directions, as if in obedience to a skillfully arranged architectural plan, and finally establish those protoplasmic kisses, the intercellular articulations, which seem to constitute the final ecstasy of an epic love story?"

― Santiago Ramón y Cajal,



I began my investigation into Cajal by creating a homemade accordion sketchbook. After reading his biography, I lamented and frequently said, "someone should do an art project about his life." Then one day, I woke up and thought, hey, "I am an artist, and I can do that." I have been actively creating new pages over the past seven years. Here on this page are early inspirations and themes based on his biography's topics and interests.


― Dawn Hunter, March 2021



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Accordion Sketchbook, Cover, 2015- present.


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First page inside of Sketchbook: Cajal's signature as Embroidery, ink, marker, pen and acrylic on paper, 5.5" x 13", 2015.


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First page inside of Sketchbook: Cajal's signature as Embroidery, ink, marker, pen and acrylic on paper, 2015.


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Self -portrait of Cajal within Pyramidal Neurons, ink and pen on paper, 5.5" x 13", 2015.


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Self-portrait of Cajal within Pyramidal Neurons, ink and pen on paper, 2015.


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Accordion Sketchbook, Cover, 2015- present.


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Surreal portrait of Cajal, pen, marker and ink on paper, 5.5” x 13”, 2015.


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Cajal as a Homunculus, and Self portrait of Cajal within Pyramidal Neurons, ink and pen on paper, 5.5" x 13", 2015.


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Cajal as a Homunculus, ink and pen on paper, 5.5" x 13", 2015.


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Cajal as Don Quijote juxtaposed with the influence of Romanticism and art on his personal development, 5.5" x 13", 2015.


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Persephone ,Cajal, and Neurons in the Superior Cervical Ganglion, marker, ink, pen and acrylic on paper, 5.5" x 13", 2015.


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Appropriating Munch in the Neurons - Cajal's conception, marker, pen, ink and acrylic on paper, 5.5" x 13", 2015


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Appropriating Munch in the Neurons - Cajal's conception, marker, pen, ink and acrylic on paper, 5.5" x 13", 2015


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Imagining and recreating Cajal's drawings of battles he composed in the margins of his sketchbooks as a young boy, marker, pen, and ink on paper, 5.5" x 13", 2015.


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Fighting Dragons in the Neurons, acrylic and ink on paper, 5.5" x 13", 2016.


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Cajal Recollecting Playing in Castle Ruins as a Young Boy, ink and pen on paper, 5.5" x 13", 2016.


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Inspired by Hardships Cajal Experienced in School, Cajal flying through the obstacle of neurons and crows, ink, pen and acrylic on paper, 5.5" x 13", 2016.


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Petilla , Cajla's Birthplace and Neurons, acrylic, ink and pen on paper, 5.5" x 13", 2015


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The Hippocampus and a nest of birds, acrylic and ink on paper, 5.5" x 13", 2015.


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Bird Flying through the Neurons, acrylic and ink on paper, 5.5" x 13", 2015.


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Retina Neurons, Cajal and Birds, ink, pen and acylic on paper, 5.5" x 13", 2016.


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