TYSON WOLFE will be the featured artist at GALLERY BY THE BAY this Saturday, July 1st, 6-7:30pm presenting his ideas of what outer space looks like closely resembling the photos being sent back to us by the Webb Telescope.
Tyson was born on planet Earth…in the town of Woodland, California but his art makes one wonder if these were places he’s seen or inhabited before his arrival on “the blue planet”, affectionately named by the astronauts.
In creating his art he uses various colors of paint overlaid upon sheets of clear glass then allowed to dry. He often uses more than one pane and the resultant images may have many layers. Ordinary kitchen bowls are painted around leaving the replica of planets floating in space. The “other worldly” effect may show worlds in the creative form with brilliant reds and yellows on the black background of outer space.
Through the years the artist has looked to Neil De Grosse Tyson for inspiration and clarification of the forming of our planet and the images our imaginations could conjecture. There was the Hubble telescope to assist expanding those visions.
With the advent of the Webb Space Telescope probing even further into those unknown depths of space and revealing more of what is there has given all artists a new spectrum of creating possibilities.
As you view Tyson’s work, create your own celestial imaginings, open yourself to what may surprise you…or cause you to remember another time when maybe…you were there.
The gallery is located at 2100 Union Street on the ground floor of Unity Spiritual Center in North Bend. Dulcimerist Robert Cribbins will present special music. Refreshments will be served.
