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Two Paintings one of Saturn one of the Sun OPTICKS GAM2011 Moon BOUNCE via Radio Waves

4/4/2011

 

Moon Bounce was Live on Sunday April 10th

Deirdre Kelleghans painting of Saturn inspired by Cassini images
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Image credit Bernard Kelleghan

My Saturn/ Cassini painting is inspired by many of  the magnificent images taken of Saturn by the Cassini spacecraft. In particular I really love the images in which the shadows of the rings are cast over the planet by sunlight.  Many of the black and white images are extremely beautiful impactful pure ART


This painting  is 3 feet 3 inches by 3 feet 3 inches , mixed media on canvas.
Acrylics, Pastels, Metallic Gold Fabric Paint, Metallic Gold Paint, Metallic Gold Particles
Feathers, and the Wind.

In the painting we are viewing Saturns Rings edge on , the shadows of the rings are cast over the gas body of the planet.
  Cassini has taken iconic images on its journey around Saturn. The spacecraft is custom covered in a golden protective blanket. In 2017 Cassini's exploration of the Saturnian system will  most likely end and the spacecraft will be directed into the planet.

Its protective  blanket will no longer be needed, but Cassini will leave us with a golden legacy that is unprecedented in science and beauty. My painting includes gold particles disseminated  throughout the work.  Cassini is merging into Saturn in particles , just as
Saturn merged into Cassini through its outstanding  visual exploration.

How the painting developed February  22nd - April 3rd 2011

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Image credit Bernard Kelleghan

My Solar Painting is inspired by the first light images from the Solar Dynamics Observatory in space 22.300 miles above the Earth.  The painting  is 8 inches by 8 inches in Acrylics and Pastels on canvas,one of a series inspired by different  wavelenghts expressing knowledge about our star.

The paint is used thickly and energetically in order to somehow  emulate  the energy created in and exploding out of our star. When I paint I try to be in the subject , thinking about the sun from the inside out. Thinking about the subject helps me find ways and methods to produce it in paint.
SDO images are very strong visually , they tell the story of the sun in many wavelengths many different forms of light. 

Light is so much more than it seems
Light is an educater
Light is energy
Light has particles.

Both paintings will BOUNCE off the Moon on April 10th 2011 at 7pm during a performance art event  called OPTICKS GAM2011 Read about the project here

Look deep, deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
Albert Einstein


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    Deirdre Kelleghan is amateur astronomer,
    an artist and also  likes to write.

    "The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted"
    Plutarch

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