Galaxy No. 8, 12x12 Original Fluid Acrylic on Gallery‑Wrapped Canvas (Unframed, Finished Edges) – Embrace the Unknown Series – Theresa Henderson (2022)
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In this cosmic reverie, explosive crimson, electric blue, and starlight white collide across a charcoal void. Henderson pours the darkest base first, then flicks diluted pigment from a brush, allowing it to spider outward into filamentary arms—nebular structures echoing astronomical photography. Metallic mica particles dust the surface, catching light like far-off suns; as one shifts perspective, these “stars” brighten or dim, simulating a telescope panning through space.
Yet Galaxy No. 8 is more than spectacle. A subtle spiral motion guides the viewer inward toward a muted lavender core, suggesting gravity’s quiet pull amid expansion. The composition wrestles with dualities: chaos and order, fire and emptiness, the vast and the intimate. By numbering the work, Henderson acknowledges it as part of a continuing exploration of the universe within paint—and perhaps within ourselves—each swirl a reminder that every point of light began as turbulent color waiting to coalesce.
Artist: Theresa Henderson
Photo Credit: Rooted and Raw Photography
In this cosmic reverie, explosive crimson, electric blue, and starlight white collide across a charcoal void. Henderson pours the darkest base first, then flicks diluted pigment from a brush, allowing it to spider outward into filamentary arms—nebular structures echoing astronomical photography. Metallic mica particles dust the surface, catching light like far-off suns; as one shifts perspective, these “stars” brighten or dim, simulating a telescope panning through space.
Yet Galaxy No. 8 is more than spectacle. A subtle spiral motion guides the viewer inward toward a muted lavender core, suggesting gravity’s quiet pull amid expansion. The composition wrestles with dualities: chaos and order, fire and emptiness, the vast and the intimate. By numbering the work, Henderson acknowledges it as part of a continuing exploration of the universe within paint—and perhaps within ourselves—each swirl a reminder that every point of light began as turbulent color waiting to coalesce.
Artist: Theresa Henderson
Photo Credit: Rooted and Raw Photography