Painting, Serendip / by Keith Holmes, artist in residence at the Science Museum 1994 to 1996. Panel inspired by serendipitous discovery within Science Museum collections during work on commission; forming middle of triptych. Begun 1997, completed 1999 and retitled 'Serendip' from 'Ongoing no.3'. Oil on board; image 102x52.5cm in frame by artist, 107x58x3.5cm. Signed on geometrical figure bl, KH99. A showcase is structured upon matter of infinity. Within its windows are some of the treasures of science which have contributed to the making of the modern world. Including: Whittle aeroengine; DNA model; accelerator; chaos butterfly; conjectural mathematical model of stellated octohedron (from a 16th century print in'Perspectiva Corporum Regularium'); model of Trevithick's locomotive 'Penydarran' of 1804. Top right: experimental Jarvik 2000 artificial heart pump; panel was completed after artist attended pioneering operation 1998 by Stephen Westaby at Oxford Heart Centre