Lewis Andrews

The ‘Nova’ series of drawings offers the viewer a glimpse into the final moments of a supergiant star’s life cycle. Some offer viewpoints of the supergiant alive and continuing the nuclear fusion process powering the star, whilst others offer the viewpoint of the moments just after the supernova event. Following on a similar approach to the earlier ‘Cosmos’ drawings, the ‘Nova’ series incorporates drawing materials which, on an atomic level, first originated from these supergiant stars as well as increasing the scale of the drawing. The contrasted blacks and whites attempt to capture and visualise the vast amounts of energy generated by these events and encapsulate them within each drawing.