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by Shoshanah Dubiner
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The starry body of Nut, Ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky, was often painted on the underside of the lids of sarcophagi, perhaps to comfort and... more
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The starry body of Nut, Ancient Egyptian goddess of the sky, was often painted on the underside of the lids of sarcophagi, perhaps to comfort and accompany the souls of the dead to the underworld. The female sky-gazer holding a small telescope in her hands is the Catholic nun Suor Celeste, literally Sister Sky, and the daughter of Galileo Galilei, the first human to turn a telescope at the Moon. Although the large tree has been cut down by humans, it is sprouting new leaves, letting us know it is still alive. When I created my first drawing of this image in 1981, the sky-gazer's telescope pointed at Saturn. When I finished this pastel painting in 2023, the James Webb Space Telescope, launched on Christmas Day 2021, had already joined the family of celestial bodies, .
"My painting takes off from nature inspired by science, especially from cell biology and botany. While much art depicts the world at the human scale (landscapes, portraits, apples in a bowl) I often start with cell membranes, the inside of cells, the silk spigots of spiders, lichens — the world of the tiny. By depicting natural forms in an imagined, mythical world, my paintings reveal the human psyche and its capacity to go beneath the surface of things; to experience beauty and awe and even fear; to understand that we humans are connected to all the other creatures on earth and even to the cosmos. I enjoy observing and reading about nature, but I am not a scientific illustrator in the conventional sense. I do study my subject matter...
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