STELLAR LIFESPAN
41″ x 32″
FROM GAS TO MASS TO FULMINATION
A star starts with cosmic dust mixed with gas and a lot of gravity. It can live for billions of years. Then one day it starts to enlarge, having difficulties fusing hydrogen and helium. It may then grow into a red giant or, if conditions are just so, result in a cataclysmic explosion forming a super nova.
This painting is dimensional. It has cutaways showing a calm background of stars on its back panel. In front, in a diagonal design, is a history of birth, life and death.