Carte du ciel #16 fine art online

Carte du ciel #16 fine art onlineOil on canvas14 x 18 in. 36 x 46 cm "Years ago in a small Parisian gallery, I bought an etching, a celestial map by the 17th century English astronomer John Flamsteed documenting the positions of the stars visible in the northern hemisphere, with the Milky Way cutting a blue swath through the otherwise mathematical image. On the back, in pencil, was written "Petite carte du ciel", Little Map of the Sky. It was a beautiful and audacious thing to

These pieces consider liminal (or in-between) states: sensory thresholds

it becomes necessary to take a break from the demands of painting

As enigmatic as the shape appears

a graphic figure is delineated in curving forms

Why Cornerstone

Are they cosmic

etymology that is the source of the idea and the need to express

From the Burnt seriesPigment print on archival hot press art paper19 x 24 Inches

Printed December 2012

Human touch as restorative and regenerative

old plates

Gordon begins by sourcing imagery from the internet