12 July 2011

Inspiration

Spiral Galaxy M74, the Hubble website - always well worth a visit
There are certain things I love, and sometimes wonder, if maths and physics had come easily to me, if I would have gone into a completely different field. No painting and drawing, just star gazing and studying the universe with awe.

Where I live, there are so many street lights that I can't see any stars. I have to drive out of town and up a number of hills to see the Milky Way, Orion's Belt (and the galaxies that make up it's sword), the North Star and Mars.

But I have been thinking about using my love of astronomy to inspire a new series of paintings.

I'm oddly a bit nervous about the prospect as I have always used the landscape around me, but if I can't see the stars and our galaxy from my home at the moment (moving is high on the to do list), I think I would like to bring it to me for now.
by Tracy Butler at 11:34
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3 comments:

  1. Smithy Gallery15 July 2011 at 15:49

    As Oscar said 'All of us are in the gutter, but only some of us are gazing at the stars . . .' I'm paraphrasing!

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  2. Unknown26 September 2011 at 23:00

    This is sure an in spiring picture! I love to look at other people's art for inspiration...it's just way too easy to spend all of my time looking and no time working on my stuff! haha!

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  3. Tracy Butler27 September 2011 at 09:49

    I'm still working on my first painting from this series - I'm looking at it just now - and it's beginning to come to life. I also had a look at your site, and love the stained glass. You have a new follower - maybe we can help inspire one another, art is very isolating otherwise.

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