Skyward
06 February 2025
Acrylic on hardboard
30 x 38 in (76.2 x 96.5 cm)
This image was another piece projected to be in a call for art title, Omission (see Burden for more). The idea was from a drive near Denver where the sky only had two clouds, the mountains were rather minimized and radar spheres made a nice contrast. The vast sky was to be the negative space but that changed as the sky and clouds took a life of their own. I also replaced the spheres (you can see them in the gif) with a couple of people witnessing the Skyward launch. As I was painting, I noticed a very appealing curve which helped me envision the power of a launch almost taking the sky with it. Something like a wave of energy helping the craft escape. Since the sky was also departing, the negative space became the earth-tone very similar to the foreground. I thought a couple of people could capture the immensity and excitement of the event.
The hardboard was cut to fit this frame.
The gif lacks many intermittent stops but does show a glimpse of the radar spheres.
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