Gallery - Space
Despite having always been interested in
spirituality, I am fascinated by science and the conviction that
the two must either reconcile, or one give way, if mankind is to progress.
I was greatly inspired by the images
produced by the Hubble Telescope of regions of space so distant and vast that
we can barely comprehend them. So distant that the light that reaches us was created in the distant past.When we look to the skies we are looking back in time. The images
reveal beautiful structures of gas and dust bigger than the Milky Way yet
which appear intricate, even fragile.
As they give birth to stars, these nebulae are the very foundation of life.
The works represent my awe at the scale and
beauty of our universe. They ask the
viewer to try and imagine those places.
In doing so we may, for a second, be able to feel our tiny place in the
universe. Definitely miniscule but
utterly integral. Recognising our
insignificance is a first step towards feeling a part of the whole.
The paintings, right in front of us but
portraying places and times immensely distant seek to place the viewer in a relationship with these places that mankind is unlikely ever to visit..