PAINTING / PROJECT FIRST PUBLISHED 2022
GIVE ME
SPACE.
An encounter with scale, uncertainty and our improbable place in the universe.
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If Dinosaurs Could Gaze Through Ancient Telescopes, Saturn Would Be Without Its Rings
100 x 100 cm
Oil on board
Saturn’s rings appear permanent within a human lifetime. This painting imagines a different view across deep time, using the planet’s changing appearance to question what we mistake for permanence. Images assembled through technology become another reminder that seeing is always an act of interpretation.
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There will come a time when light will no longer reach us, and the sky will go dark
100 x 100 cm
Oil on board
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Searching for the Satellites
100 x 100 cm
Oil on board
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Extraterrestrials helped the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids at Giza
75 x 75 cm
Oil on board
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Uncertain Voyage
75 x 75 cm
Oil on board
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What happens when planets collide?
75 x 75 cm
Oil on board
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Scientists believe it began its rampage, after being ejected from a celestial menage-a-trois
75 x 75 cm
Oil on board
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What seismic shift will redefine your understanding of your place in the universe?
100 x 160cm
Oil on board
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We are the pathway for the universe to figure itself out
60 x 120 cm
Oil on board
We are part of the universe we seek to understand. This painting reflects on matter becoming conscious of itself: looking outward, questioning its origins and searching for patterns across vastly different scales. The possibility of worlds within worlds remains a speculative image, rather than a scientific claim.
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What would the universe look like if you were a photon?
40 x 40 cm
Oil on board
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When science becomes the artist’s muse
40 x 40 cm
Oil on board
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If you ever decide to fall into a Black Hole never choose the tiny one over the larger one
40 x 40 cm
Oil on board
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Now my tinfoil hat is looking pretty stylish 40 x 40 cm Oil on board
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It’s a cosmic ballet choregraphed by the forces of gravity 40 x 40 cm Oil on board
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Sending a Submarine to Space
84×118,5cm Oil on board
A submarine in space becomes a metaphor for feeling out of place. What keeps us afloat in one environment may fail us in another. The work considers belonging, adaptation and the unseen social pressures that shape how we navigate unfamiliar worlds.
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Saturn’s rings are falling down
84 x 118,5 cm Oil on board
The apparent permanence of Saturn’s rings gives way to an image of gradual loss. Their changing form becomes a metaphor for cosmic impermanence, placing human concerns within a scale of time that exceeds a lifetime. The painting holds wonder and uncertainty together.
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I’ll be dancing in the sulfuric acid rain on Venus
84 x 118,5 cm Oil on board
The joy of dancing meets the imagined hostility of Venus. This unlikely encounter places fragile human expression against an environment indifferent to it. The work uses that contradiction to consider isolation, vulnerability and our persistent search for meaning.
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Time is the cosmic conductor
60 x 60 cm
Oil on board
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When you fall into the eye of eternity, you’ll witness the entire future history of your universe unfold
75x75cm
Oil on board
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You can’t get more humble than staring into the abyss of the universe
75 x 75 cm Oil on board
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The serpent in the sky will kill us all 100 x 160 cm Oil on board
Inspired by Ancient Apocalypse, the painting explores the imagery of catastrophe and the power of stories about the sky. Triangular structures evoke strength and instability, while the serpent becomes a symbol of threat and transformation. The work engages with myth and speculation, rather than presenting the programme’s contested claims as established history.
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You should learn dolphin clicks to communicate with aliens 100 x 160 cm Oil on board
The title is a speculative invitation to imagine communication beyond human language. Lines and repeated forms suggest signals, rhythms and changing frequencies. Drawing on the idea of dolphin communication, the painting asks how we might recognise another intelligence without assuming it would express itself like us.
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The stars nearby have seen the Simpsons, 75 x 75 cm Oil on board
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The loneliest place is the far side of the moon, 60 x 60 cm Oil on board
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Say Cheese for Cassini 40 x 40 cm Oil on board
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Save me a slice of time 40 x 40 cm Oil on board
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Long walks to the edge of the universe 40 x 40 cm Oil on board
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The sun is the rock star of the sky that you definitely don’t want to hear up close, 60 x 60 cm Oil on board
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Of course Saturn brought its own ringlight 75 x 75 cm Oil on board
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Give Me Deep Space 50 x 50 cm Oil on board
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12-ft-tall people once roamed the earth in abundance 60 x 120 cm Oil on board
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Who controls the memes, controls the universe 50 x 50 cm Oil on board
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Bellyflopping Into The Future 75 x 75 cm Oil on board
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Follow for Follow 50 x 50 cm Oil on board
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The Joy Of Missing Out 75 x 75 cm Oil on board
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One day, we will go ice fishing on Europa 75 x 75 cm Oil on board
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Just so you know 75 x 75 cm Oil on board
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Explain like I’m 5 75 x 75 cm Oil on board
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That dinosaur 60 x 60 cm Oil on board
spieël – spieël (series)
60 x 165 cm each
Oil on board
