Dark Curtain
by James Hervat
Title
Dark Curtain
Artist
James Hervat
Medium
Painting - Oil On Hardboard
Description
The familiar Horsehead Nebula hangs like a menacing thunderhead over the shoreline of an alien ocean planet. This scene borrows the Horsehead's appearance as seen in long-exposure photos taken through large telescopes. The backdrop of glowing hydrogen--depicted bright enough here to cast shadows--would actually be all but invisible, even from such a close vantage point.
This vast cloud of obscuring interstellar dust is but a tiny sample of the dark material strewn throughout our galaxy and others. Stars, planetary bodies--and even ourselves--are the by-products of the gravitational accretion of this dust.
Copyright 1996, James Hervat www.oceanofstarsgallery.com
NOTE; The Fine Art America watermark in the lower right corner of the image does not appear on the print.
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June 28th, 2017
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Comments (22)
Gary F Richards
Outstanding composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L …voted for this piece in the contest OCEAN WAVES!
Laurel Adams
James, your work is MAGNIFICENT…V…BEST to you…now following!
James Hervat replied:
Thank you so much Laurel, for the favorite & vote, and I am truly honored to have my gallery added to your list! As for your wonderful, generous comment, I'm at a loss for words to thank you enough--it really gave me a lift! You're very appreciated!!
Gary F Richards
Beautiful oceanic composition and excellent artwork! F/L … voted for this piece in the ANYTHING OCEAN contest
James Hervat
Many thanks Linda, for your favorite and the kind words! Congratulations on your own gallery--so many great nature captures, I especially admire the macro studies!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic art has been featured on the Home Page of the ABC Group's from our O IS FOR OCEAN themed week, MARCH 9 - March 16. You are invited to add this wonderful art to the Features Archive Discussion in the ABC GROUP.
James Hervat
Many thanks to Adria Trail for taking a look at my portrayal of one of our galaxy's showpieces, and for the favorite! - Jim
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