I remember a long time ago hearing about a book titled "We
Are Not Alone." Although I did not read the book, the title
was a bit of an influence for my own title. When we look
out at our land in the sky we see many stars, too. Many
light years separate us from our neighbors. Yet, rather
than draw attention to the idea of our relation to other
possible forms of intelligence, I find it just as affirming
to note our uniqueness among the other "lands" of the
Universe. I have tried to overstate our existance
graphically in order to further point to the fact that we
simply "Are" even though we may appear small and
insignificant against the eternal ocean of stars. It goes
without saying that we can "Be" many different things in
addition to our not being alone.
In my painting, I wanted to also represent life. Possibly,
if you look closely, you can see just where that is shown.