The Macrocosm
The Macrocosm - The Great Darkness, 2014
Chinagraph pencil, gesso panel
Size : (h) 42cm x (w) 30cm
The Macrocosm - The Appearance of Light, 2014
Chinagraph pencil, gesso panel
Size : (h) 42cm x (w) 30cm
The Macrocosm - The Division of the Waters, 2014
Chinagraph pencil, gesso panel
Size : (h) 42cm x (w) 30cm
The Macrocosm - The Chaos of the Elements, 2014
Chinagraph pencil, gesso panel
Size : (h) 42cm x (w) 30cm
The Macrocosm - The Central Sun, 2014
Chinagraph pencil, gesso panel
Size : (h) 42cm x (w) 30cm
The Macrocosm, a single work made up of five separate gesso panels of equal size. The imagery draws from a fascination for ancient alchemical diagrams, particularly the work of the 15th Century alchemist Robert Fludd, who made a series of etchings on the subject. There appeared a surprising correlation between his drawings and contemporary accounts of the origins of the universe or the �Big Bang�. These panels are an amalgamation of the two subjects, a visual soup of Robert Fludd�s alchemical studies, modern astro physics and my own contemplation on the subject. They tell the story of �Great Darkness� before the beginning of time through to the emergence of �The Central Sun� where, according to modern physics, the universe had cooled enough for electrons and photons to form the first atoms, sometimes known as the Recombination Era.