by Eleanor Gilpatrick

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The Lagoon Nebula

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The Lagoon Nebula is part of my "Nebula" series. As in all the nebulas, I get to work with color and form as in an abstract painting, but within a realist context. The Lagoon Nebula is in the southern constellation Sagittarius; and can be seen with the naked eye or binoculars. It is considered to be among the finest and brightest star-forming regions in the sky. A huge cloud of interstellar matter, it is undergoing active star formation. The central parts are extremely bright; and it is so large that this painting represents only a small part of the nebula. I am smitten with the GLORY of the nebulas. The painting is based on a NASA photograph, is 16 inches high by 20 inches wide, acrylic on stretched canvas, on heavy duty stretchers, with painted sides. A frame is not necessary.t

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