• Series
  • 2026
  • 4 works
  • 4 available

Conjunctions

Dark bodies cross a lit field. In each painting a procession of orbs moves through a divided space — deep blue on one side, heat on the other — and a broad current of gold runs between them, acting as the seam the bodies have to pass through.

What a conjunction is

In astronomy, a conjunction is the moment two bodies appear to meet. They are not touching. They are separated by an enormous distance. They only look aligned because of where the observer happens to be standing.

That is the whole premise of the series. The meeting is real to the person watching it and not real in space, and the painting is made from the vantage point rather than the fact.

What recurs

A field split into two temperatures. A row of dark, orb-like bodies in transit rather than at rest. A gold passage doing the structural work — current, shore, seam, aperture — depending on the painting.

The bodies are never given a scale. They can be read as planets, as heads in a procession, as stones in water. The paintings hold that ambiguity on purpose and decline to resolve it.

How they are made

Materials and finish, recorded for each work at the time it left the studio.

Support
Stretched canvas at 1.5 in depth. Conjunction at the Golden Passage is painted on MiMiK recycled-PET canvas.
Paint
Acrylic, built in layers so the under-colour stays visible through the field rather than being buried.
Finish
Gamblin Gamvar matte varnish — removable, non-yellowing, and chosen to hold the surface flat under gallery light.
Documentation
Each work is signed, carries an inventory number, and ships with a certificate of authenticity.

Interested in a Conjunction?

Room-view mockups can be prepared from a photograph of your wall. Austin pickup is available; delivery and insured shipping are quoted before payment.