Astronaut - Pearlescent with Ultramarine and Gold Visor- Sculpture - Limited Edition of 10

I have been working with the Astronaut motif now for over 25 years, amongst other things. The body of work reads like a long epic voyage as much through inner space as any out one. As a small boy I watched the Moon Landings, and what really struck me was the sheer immensity of all of what lies beyond. I’ve also been struck by the word’s of the traveller himself, Buzz Aldrin and William Shatner. « Awe » is a much over used word these days, but there is nothing of that feel about the description of vastness looking back at that tiny blue jewel, beaming out of the void. So the sculpture has these elements, the small cherub like being, slightly humorous but also vulnerable as we are as a species teetering on the edge. There’s the iconic like sheen, an effervescence in the silver apparition, beaming blue and gold - hope but a warning too - this blue is the only blue we have and we must surely guard it well or we shall lose it forever.