Supernova Field

Camille Sørensen · 2021

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

300 × 200 cm

Sørensen spent two years studying NASA astrophotography before beginning this work. The result is a painting that looks like documentation of a real cosmic event — a supernova remnant expanding through space — rendered with the soft authority of the old Dutch masters applied to a subject they could never have imagined.