Original artwork description:

This painting symbolises man's future on this planet. The thin grid in the sky marks the height of the earths atmosphere, which is somewhere between 5 and 7 miles. This layer of air that keeps us alive is much, much thinner in relative terms than the skin on an apple. Above this thin membrane is the infinity of space. It is fragile and we depend on it but we do not value it yet within that fragile thin skin exists all the beauty and life of our natural world. In this painting mankind is represented by stone markers/statues, question marks representing our possible future and whether we will still be here to enjoy that future.
The book symbolises humans great knowledge, we have learnt so much and yet, ironically, will we be the first species that can observe our own demise and know why it happened?

Materials used:

Oil on canvas

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