When I came across the Hubble photos published of Orion, I was blown away. Inspired to try and reproduce the energy, colour and movement in my work, there were many views of Orion to choose from. This is the second Orion Nebula painting, which fascinated me because it was a more complete view of the shapes created by the swirling mass of dust and gas. I reveled in the chaos and vibrancy of the colours.

This is a close up of the sun’s surface, showing the plasma flows moving along magnetic lines. The darker areas are where the plasma cools and flows towards the centre of the sun, only to be warmed and rise as brighter streams of colour depicting the intensity of the heat.