https://www.alexandermercier.com/art daily 0.75 2023-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1632442602256-E8PJPBN1B4ASB9DLBLPS/AMM06459-min.png Art - Unfinished Currently hanging in the University of South Florida Judy Genshaft Honors College 18” x 24” Pencil 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1632442602256-E8PJPBN1B4ASB9DLBLPS/AMM06459-min.png Art - Unfinished Currently hanging in the University of South Florida Judy Genshaft Honors College 18” x 24” Pencil 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1522786701410-E7MZEGXSWFP56J2LKB3M/Do%2Byou%2Bsee%2Bme%2B1%2B%281%29.jpg Art - Do You See Me? 2015 Best in Show at Montenegro Art Studio, WestChase FL 18” x 24” Pencil on Paper 2015 This portrait was drawn from a recognized internet photo - I have not yet been able to identify and credit the photographer. My aim is to let people see the dignity of the man through his eyes, and through him, all those marginalized in society, Every person is bestowed with human dignity- not for other purposes, but for itself, always unique. The detail in this is a reminder of that uniqueness, Human dignity is therefore an end in itself. The title invites us to stop and see this man and his dignity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567739841863-YEMVJYE6R23NIJTLXIQN/CthulhuInVogue.jpg Art - Cthulhu In Vogue Currently hanging in the Kramer Ecology Lab 18” x 24” Pen on Arches Hotpress 100% Cotton Watercolour Paper 2019 Monochrome Pointilism Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567969979992-MSR0D4ABHGQ9V76IE6YC/20190906_145834.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1632442275379-NYH2D8ALV36S1P1E1TVB/AMM06459-min.jpg Art https://static1.squarespace.com/static/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/5d71d397c5e6b7000183e0fa/5d71d3a77c8ced0001e26796/1567740839546/ Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1522786499706-QPFWMQAOBTIQLR1SD7OC/IMG_4595.jpg Art - No Greater Love 2016 Congressional Art Contest Winner Featured in Washington D.C. 2016-2017 18” x 24” Graphite on Paper 2016 This portrait of my Grandpa as a West Point Cadet in 1956 was drawn for his 80th birthday. The hours spent drawing, and the year hanging in the US Capitol Building’s Cannon Hall Tunnel, are meant to honor him and all who are willing to lay down their life in service of others. Thank you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1632445043983-11INLMC0BB2H32H972PR/AMM06444.JPG Art - Work in Progress Study of Chiaroscuro in Rembrandt’s Descent from the Cross White Charcoal on Black Mat ”Never interrupt an artist in the middle of his work! You are inflicting agony upon him.” - Dorthy Thompson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1652841774952-1R4VC7MTUDGHW8X0KO8S/AMM06520_resized.png Art - Maddonna and Child with St. Anne Christmas Card 8”x10” Watercolor 2022 Study of the chiaroscuro by the baroque master Caravaggio in watercolor. Originally painted in 1605-1606, oil, in the Basilica of St. Peter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1522786693973-YOHEMZNGQJNCK9ZL5G2H/BurnesFamilyScanJPG.jpg Art Done by Paid Commission 11" x 14" Pencil on Arches Hotpress 100% Cotton Watercolour Paper 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1633207934662-2YSPZH96EO1S1VCGVTJL/SFI_Shirt_Tree.png Art - SFI Undergraduate Complexity Research 2020 Shirt T-shirt designed for the Santa Fe Insitute summer 2020 Undergraduate Complexity Research REU. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1502328636533-3QLL4WRMF7TAG4S6ONB6/Comission.jpg Art Done by Paid Commission 18" x 24" Pencil on Arches Hotpress 100% Cotton Watercolour Paper 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1522786829465-8Z2KDEPAQQPVK9YVSJBL/ChaseHouse.jpg Art Done by Paid Commission 10" x 13" Pencil on Paper 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1502327677340-Q79ZO8J8NKXQBLI944W6/A+paw+in+the+Hand.jpg Art - A Paw In the Hand 2014 Honorable Mention at Mother of Divine Grace Art Show 6.5” x 8” Graphite on Illustration Board 2013 “Happiness is a warm puppy” - Charles Schulz In loving memory of Oreo 2011-2021. You will be missed. https://www.alexandermercier.com/photography daily 0.75 2025-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567741759856-BC9P0WZZRJDY0RBAUCPA/DSC06187.jpg Photography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567741759856-BC9P0WZZRJDY0RBAUCPA/DSC06187.jpg Photography - Савёловская Станция Москва https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567743702107-WW629E5IAM3HBK2QF44U/DSC03300.jpg Photography - Ripples Great Sand Dunes National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567741752739-3EWCDE4PRCEEPQYC4VF5/DSC06070.jpg Photography - Храм Христа Спасителя Москва https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567742021204-0MBCW6AVBECWPDVL2KJ0/DSC07280.jpg Photography - Tancerz Ognia Warszawa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1687660099644-2II32BDMV253HF94D0WA/image-asset.jpeg Photography - Under Leaves So Green The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1755923306144-1ZH8TQP7HW3CQ80ZA6O0/image-asset.jpg Photography - The Last Stand of the Yucca White Sands National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567743750115-1VR1Q7HKE2OLUKU577K9/DSC05063.jpg Photography - American Bison Yellowstone National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1755922647273-LC6CGZLMIETIY7700E8L/image-asset.jpeg Photography - Pocket Patriotism Boston https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1573443564035-XWUNFNVX9WA3ZXDJU07H/DSC07732.jpg Photography - At the End of a Rope Florida https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1652839822274-JV8G1DUKSQZHVT0S4Z86/image-asset.png Photography - Triste Prodigium Lunar Eclipse 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567743719590-OT8RCT4R7B0JAH2I8X0W/DSC03340.jpg Photography - Which Direction Is Up? 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Shot on a DJI Mavic Air 2. Sounds from freesound.com and music from Maurizio Pollini playing Chopin's Op. 25 No. 1 Etude (Aeolian Harp). The sharks are suspected to be bull sharks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1575426164336-J0WLEOAI4O4BIB7QVZV8/DSC07736.jpg Photography - Drop by Drop This video was created for the IDH3400 course entitled "Compassionate Cities" at the University of South Florida, focusing on Tampa citizens' varied perceptions of the homeless crisis in Tampa Bay, Florida. "Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God." -Aeschylus Interviewees in Order of Appearance Jeremy Gloff, Lori Woody, and Chitra Naidu Documentarians Brooke Pulliam [interviewer, writer], Jose Quintanilla [writer], Rashmi Gupta [interviewer, writer], and Alexander Mercier [footage, interviewer, writer, editor] Music provided by Kai Engel, royalty-free. https://www.alexandermercier.com/about daily 1.0 2025-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1633230914840-A5EM8SGFO47ABPRZ0TUX/amercier_Headshot.JPG About https://www.alexandermercier.com/music daily 0.75 2023-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1584425280174-K550QN0L0GUG12CV6Z8A/20180316_081948.jpg Music https://www.alexandermercier.com/new-page daily 0.75 2019-09-06 https://www.alexandermercier.com/quotes daily 0.75 2019-10-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567781808796-I9YBM008JGH8P7IS0GO8/download.jpg Quotes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567783534692-BAHSWQE0KMALWKL0DLQZ/pamela_chandler_tolkien1-290x366.jpg Quotes - J.R.R TOLKIEN “Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.” — J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567783774412-L4NIURX5F1HVCMLXGKNC/download.jpg Quotes - CHARLES SCHULZ “Religion without humor is a worthless religion. Humor is part of man and man never would have survived without humor. It’s the only thing that makes life palatable — if that’s the word. And to say there’s no room for humor inreligion is like saying there’s no room for humor in life.” — Charles Schulz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567784449163-764TQDG4G0TVHDNT1PFY/download.jpg Quotes - FLANNERY O'CONNOR “To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.” — Flannery O’Connor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567784685202-RZ1F4D26C85016EXRRK9/download.jpg Quotes - C.S. LEWIS “As to…old composers like Schubert or Beethoven, I imagine that, while modern music expresses both feeling, thought and imagination, they expressed pure feeling. And you know all day sitting at work, eating, walking, etc., you have hundreds of feelings that can’t be put into words. And that is why I think that in a sense music is the highest of the arts, because it really begins where the others leave off.” — C.S. Lewis, Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567784694801-BL7R2U6SWONTBE1HQQMD/download.jpg Quotes - ФЁДОР ДОСТОЕВСКИЙ “What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.” — Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Бра́тья Карама́зовы https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567783011969-ORO0H7KPREZKS8AXRAF5/GK-Chesterton.jpg Quotes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567782524177-EKYB9D1GHBBTF39WU7AK/download.jpg Quotes https://www.alexandermercier.com/mathematics daily 0.75 2023-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1584059168497-6AP4XN15J1JYGD55I957/Network1.png Mathematics Fully-connected spread map from WNS network model. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1632447330699-FP94AH2G34JK34LKH6T5/USMap_JFKArr_Org.gif Mathematics - Make it stand out Disease spread using a continous-time, event-driven SIR model on a mobility network of the U.S. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1575426921502-W1Q7Y8YXRRECPUCVFF6G/InfectionMapYear6GT.jpg Mathematics Predictive WNS spread map created by Alexander Mercier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1567970315758-O5XJB7ZVI74YJRBV05Q5/AdobeStock_4873995-1.jpg Mathematics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1584059327136-70JO0P1JCFM69A8X1GHU/Network2.png Mathematics Sparsified WNS network through global threshold. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/598b192e197aea4997a8de44/1632448290223-L3KPJJPBFZ97S8ESTL5P/Sparsifier1.jpg Mathematics - Make it stand out Network sparsification using effective resistances of a U.S. mobility network. About 7% of the original number of edges are conserved.