In the Shadow of the Moon (2022)
The work started late in 2019 with the idea of a single candle in the cosmos representing my son Luke’s departure. I had picked up the fact that we are all made of stardust and return to the stars at the end of life. It is a huge comforting idea and I needed one for the grief I had. I started looking at the moon at night and the idea of being ‘in the shadow of the moon' came not as a literal idea which is hardly possible, but as humans we know very little about the complexity of the universe and are insignificant, watching from the shadows. I have just read that about every 750 years the moon, sun and the earth line up in a total solar eclipse, and we are in the shadow of the moon, only for a few minutes. The works are diorama assemblages. I have used many materials with some having lights which come on with a remote.
The exhibition catalogue can be downloaded here.
Artist Statement: About ‘In the Shadow of the Moon’.
Whimsical use of illumination within certain assemblages.
Fascination in materials and how each recycled piece collected has its own quality and will do something to the eye.
The making of ADRIFT and the magic of using unique objects from years of collecting.
The making of CELESTIAL CANDLE. The first work created that led to this exhibition.