Macrocosmos Paintings

Planet earth is surrounded by the most theatrical of backdrops—a magical display of infinitude in whose darkness the lights of dying stars reach us millions of light years from their original source. Such drama of exploding stars and gaseous infernos eventually fades and expires, finally morphing into something else, somewhere else.

Artists and philosophers alike have taken inspiration from the magnitude of the heavens and the esoteric nature of time and here in Exploding Stars Series we see some tiny threads of their influence in the intensity of colors, the layered darkened backgrounds and the evolving, shifting forms and shapes. The cosmos is an alluring, beckoning subject.

–  Artist Statement

Inspired by the artist’s recollection of a song by Van Morrison – a meld between jazz and rock­– the large tableau Moondance and Lunar Tango Series extend the artist’s preoccupation with the light, effects and mood of a lunar mise en scène. Shapes float and dance in an eerie, evening twilight.

– Karen Woodbury Gallery