Touching the Surface

The moon is like a lifeless large grey rock orbiting the earth. Still we sometimes deeply feel its gravitational pull, and we respond to it’s luminous appearance, as its surface reflects the light of the sun. The moon is most distinguishable during the night, but periodically appears as a faint apparition-like form during the day, and this was the inspiration for the painting. When the daytime moon is suddenly noticed in the sky, amongst the immense number of competing elements presented by the world, it seems even more enigmatic. I am taken by surprise, sometimes asking; why are you here, still, or so early, has something been forgotten, is there something important that needs to be said?

Incidentally I was born the same year that astronauts first set foot on the moon. As an artist I cannot compete with such a great scientific feat, however I do have the advantage of expressing my internal and external associations to this cosmic body through the act of painting. I realize that I cannot walk across the moon, however I wondered what would it be like to render the moon using my own hands, instead of a paint brush. I was curious to know what that experience would be like. I believe It was my first finger painting, using my hands to depict light, and this numinous entity that has captivated us since time immemorial.