Isaac's paintings

Isaac Mendez's precognitive abilities take the form of paintings he completes while high on heroin. His paintings are considered prophecies, and many have been fulfilled. To date, Isaac has produced the following paintings:

Gallery

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  The eclipse. Simone prevents Isaac from destroying this painting.
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  A hand holding a glass of boiling water in front of a red background. Originally intended as a depiction of the engineer, this now depicts Ted Sprague. Isaac paints over this canvas with black paint.
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  An unfinished painting of a girl with yellow pom-poms.
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  Simone standing in silhouette with her portfolio in Isaac's doorway exactly as she does when she later arrives.
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  The depiction of a burning bus which is confirmed to be a suicide bombing in Israel.
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  The depiction of a fiery train wreck in Odessa, TX. Claire Bennet saves a man from this incident and the story is seen by Isaac on the news.
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  A portrait of a man jumping off a building and seemingly flying. This is the painting that encourages Peter Petrelli to do the same thing.
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  A large nuclear explosion and the resulting mushroom cloud in Midtown Manhattan, painted directly on the concrete floor of Isaac's apartment.
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  The Symbol (in the future timeline)
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  The Symbol (in the future timeline)
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  The Symbol (in the future timeline)
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  A picture of a girl walking away from a boy in a school hall. A previous scene indicates these are Claire Bennet and her classmate Zach, respectively.
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  A couple kissing under a red umbrella. A previous scene indicates that that the couple is Peter Petrelli and Simone.
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  Claire on the stone bleachers at Union Wells High, with a shadowy figure looming over her.
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  Hiro and Ando under a blood-soaked homecoming banner
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  Peter surrounded by flying locker doors. He is later attacked by Sylar in this fashion.
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  Claire looking frightened
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  An unfinished painting of a menacing figure
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  The same painting, completed by Peter, shows the figure standing over Jackie's brainless corpse with red paint dripping from the canvas. The body was once thought to be Claire's, referencing the message, "Save the Cheerleader, Save the World".
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  Several paintings assembled to form a comic book page with a panel missing.
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  A painting of Niki Sanders.
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  The Symbol revealed on the same painting, indicating it is a painting of Jessica, not Niki.
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  A painting of a car explosion. This is later revealed to be a car destroyed by Ted as he escapes from FBI custody.
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  A painting of a redheaded waitress, later revealed to be Charlie Andrews.
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  A digital image of a painting of Peter Petrelli, dead at Union Wells High School. Nathan purchased the original from Mr. Linderman, but then destroyed so Peter would not see it.
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  A painting of an exploding figure with raised arms. Isaac painted this after Eden used her powers to persuade him to take drugs again on Mr. Bennet's orders. Peter later came to believe that he is the cause of the explosion.
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  A painting of Hiro Nakamura confronting a dinosaur while wielding a sword
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  A sketch of Hiro Nakamura and Charlie Andrews at the Burnt Toast Diner in Midland, TX.

Notes

• Isaac's paintings are produced for the show by comic book artist Tim Sale.

Fan Theories

Please refer to Theory:Isaac's paintings for fan-created theories and other speculation.