Crab Nebula 2

About This Painting

Acrylic on Canvas (Private Collection)

2016

Inspiration

The Crab Nebula is the first celestial constellation inspiration I found from the NASA photos of our universe. When I came across the Crab Nebula, I was enthralled. My favourite colours of blue/greens and reds, encapsulated into what looked to me like a remnant of star burst or explosion. Inspired to try and reproduce the pattern, colours and structure of the nebula in my work, I found I was developing a style as I attempted the painting and learnt to experiment with colours and dot sizes. From what I learnt during my first attempt, this is my second painting of the nebula, and was given as a gift to my brother and sister in law, as a thank you for the encouragement they gave me to take up painting once again.

About the Crab Nebula

The Crab Nebula is a supernova in the constellation of Taurus. It was named in the late 1800s when early telescopes made it look like a crab and is not visible to the naked eye. The nebula emits pulses of radiation from gamma rays to radio waves, and is considered to be an example of both a pulsar wind nebula as well as a supernova remnant, based on the different sources of energy production and behaviour.