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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art ("Michael Whelan") wrote:

BEYOND THE VEIL (2023)
Acrylic on Canvas - 6 ¼” x 6 ¼”

This began as an abstract color experiment. I had no particular subject in mind until I recalled a drawing in my sketchbook. Staring at a darkly swathed figure earlier that day, I felt that she’d been waiting for a painting to float into. 1/2

#leftoversandpalettegremlins #sciencefiction

A woman in dark robes holds her hands crossed over her chest as she floats upward from a planet toward a warm splash of color at the edge of the panel left. The color patterns of the planet—rendered in white, blue, and green—and the warm space beyond are abstract swirls and bubbles. Her hood is up, exposing only the pale skin of her face, and her eyes are closed as if deep in meditation. Purple trim trails the hem of the long gap of her sleeves. Two other figures ascend behind her.