This series was initially based on the physically "absent", incomprehensibly large masses in deep space, the closest of which is 3C-273--the first quasar ever discovered. It sits 2.4 gigalightyears away and is approximately light years wide. For reference, one light year is approximately 6 trillion miles long, or 6,000 billion miles, where one billion miles is equal to 1,000 million miles, or over than 10 times the distance from the earth to the sun.
C3-273 acrylic, oil, paint chips, 58 x 58"
2006
Gold oil, pastel, and gold leaf on wood panel, 32 x 34", 2016
Thread oil, 38 x 54"
2018