Celebrating the Heritage and Practices of Traditional Fine Arts Worldwide
Mars: An Artistic Mission
Exhibition Dates: February 18 – May 31, 2021
Most artwork featured in this exhibition is framed and available for acquisition. If you are interested in learning more about how to place an inquiry, please consult our Terms of Sale. Works that are not available for purchase are labeled as “NFS”.
This exhibition was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Cultural Affairs Division of the City of Pasadena.
While researching this fantastic subject, it was the possibility of water that intrigued me.
Scientists have sited that ancient geologic evidence - 3+ billion years ago! - of past water includes enormous outflow channels carved by floods, ancient river valley networks, deltas, and lakebeds; and the detection of rocks and minerals on the surface that could only have formed in liquid water!
“Martian Moon” was painted to celebrate the historic landing of Perseverance on Mars. The crescent moon, included in the painting, adds a sense of familiarity to an otherwise alien landscape. A study in red, the Martian landscape has a striking beauty with canyons that dwarf our own Grand Canyon.
As the Sun sets on the Martian landscape at Jezero Crater, a massive sandstorm looms on the horizon, on the verge of obscuring the setting Sun. Amber hued, Carbon Dioxide filled skies reflect off the dwindling remnants of a once water-filled Jezero Crater. The global water loss on Mars is theoretically the result of a massive meteor impact event, approximately 3.8 billion years ago. Mars then lost 99% of its warmer atmosphere, giving way to the planetary arctic temperatures there today.
Two meteorites can be seen entering the thin atmosphere and impacting the red planet's surface. Similar meteorites aided in the transformation of Mars geological surface.