Abstract artwork consisting of a large maroon oval with a grid of 36 smaller black square panels featuring swirling, colorful abstract patterns similar to sky cosmos.
Abstract digital artwork with colorful, swirling streaks on a black background, divided into a geometric grid.
Art gallery with colorful hanging fabric pieces, a yellow and blue platform, and a large oval-shaped maroon and black wall art.
Abstract art piece with colorful, flowing light streaks on a dark background, divided into a grid of rectangular sections.
Abstract artwork featuring swirling and jagged patterns in colors of white, pink, purple, and orange on a dark background, divided into a grid.
Abstract digital art with dark background, pink, yellow, purple, and light blue swirling patterns and fine lines.
Abstract painting featuring layered shades of blue and black in flowing, wave-like patterns.
Abstract artwork with swirling dark background and white, curved, parallel lines.
Abstract digital art with swirling purple, blue, and black colors and textured brush strokes.
Abstract digital art featuring flowing, curved lines and shapes in shades of blue and gray against a black background.
Abstract artwork with blue and teal streaks on a black background.
Abstract digital artwork with swirling brush strokes in shades of blue, teal, black, and hints of purple.
Close-up of a cracked black electronic device, possibly a smartphone or tablet, with visible internal components and scratches.
Dark background with abstract swirling lines in shades of purple, blue, gray, and hints of orange and green.
Abstract painting with dark tones, streaks of light colors including white, pink, and yellow, resembling mountain peaks and a waterfall.
Abstract digital artwork with multicolored streaks and swirls on a dark background, divided into a grid.

Astronomers Afraid of the Dark

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2024 | mixed media on paper
thirty-six pieces, each 21 x 29,7 cm (11.7“ x 8.3“)
Francis McCray Gallery of Contemporary Art, Silver City, New Mexico, USA

The abundance of clear nights in the high desert makes me relish the dark skies. This series, with fleetingly impulsive abstract washes of color and dustings of pigment, is inspired by varied attitudes of the night and its myriad associations: fear, melancholy, the supernatural, future predictions, and past events viewed in the present (since looking at the stars is also a look back in time)—awed moments of wonder that continue to connect us.