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The Cosmos—with Big Bang, Black Holes, Supernova and Expanding Space—may be revealing its secrets but the infinite mysteries remain unknown. Henie Lorant’s obsession with these mysteries is the secret of her art. For years Henie has been developing a unique style: working with gel pens loaded with opaque, metallic and phosphorescent inks and colors both shocking and soft, she presents her work against a background black as pitch. With a deft left hand, she lays down curves and swirls amidst tiny dots—often hundreds and thousands of dots—to bring her imaginary cosmic images to life. They are based on, and evocative of, the Hubble-telescope images, but they are also “Spacescapes,” reverent and sometimes abstract. One viewer recently remarked, “I could stare at these images for hours; I just want to sail into the heart of each of them.” |
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“I imagine the universe to be a kind of formed formlessness, dense and carefully sculpted. That sense is what I’m trying to capture in my work. In doing this work I’m blending science with intuition, spirit with art. For me it’s like stepping away from a crowded planet into the enormity of the deep mystery of time, space and life.”
~ Henie Lorant