"Falling" is composed of pastel on a black sheet of wood. It is 6ft tall and 2ft wide. Most of the painting is black with a few scattered stars. Immense planets are found at the ends of the scene. A small purple and gold craft falls away from Earth at the top of the painting and down toward an equally miniscule target: 16-Psyche. This asteroid sits at the center of the painting, floating between Jupiter and Mars.
"Falling" is composed of pastel on a black sheet of wood. It is 6ft tall and 2ft wide. Most of the painting is black with a few scattered stars. Immense planets are found at the ends of the scene. A small purple and gold craft falls away from Earth at the top of the painting and down toward an equally miniscule target: 16-Psyche. This asteroid sits at the center of the painting, floating between Jupiter and Mars.
"Falling" is composed of pastel on a black sheet of wood. It is 6ft tall and 2ft wide. Most of the painting is black with a few scattered stars. Immense planets are found at the ends of the scene. A small purple and gold craft falls away from Earth at the top of the painting and down toward an equally miniscule target: 16-Psyche. This asteroid sits at the center of the painting, floating between Jupiter and Mars.

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Falling

finn witt

November 11, 2019

Major: Biochemistry, Mechanical Engineering

Genre/Medium: chalk pastel on wood

About the work: “Falling” is composed of soft pastel on a black sheet of wood. It is 6ft tall and 2ft wide. Most of the painting remains black with immense planets found in the far ends. Through the immense black, a small spacecraft falls away from Earth and down toward an equally minuscule target: 16-Psyche. The asteroid floats above and between Jupiter and Mars, indicating its actual position. It is incredible that we can send something so small into the vast universe and hope to hit anything at all. The massive scale of the painting glimpses the great feat of trying to pilot such a small spacecraft through the solar system.

Date Added: 11-08-2019
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Finn Witt - Psyche Inspired

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