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A new perspective can imbue even simple photographs with powerful resonances, sometimes burning those images into our collective unconsciousness for a lifetime.

For a hundred years we've "known" - - at least intellectually - - that the earth floats silently in space. An island in the cold and vacuum. But that knowledge was intangible.

Until the Apollo 8 astronauts. They brought emotion to understanding with their now familiar image of earth - a "blue marble" suspended in a black void. Creating an icon for the 60's, and a symbol of our interdependence as a species.

Once again, it is a message worth repeating.

poured latex and oil paint on wood
two years drying time
two panels, three frames per panel
77 1/4" x 28 1/4"

1998-2000