"HD 188753," Abstract Expressionism Pointillism b by Nawfal Johnson (2014)

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Description Creation Finished Date: 14 March 2014.Title Significance to this Artwork: There are three gold suns in this tightly clustered solar system: There is one sun in the centre (the focal point); and then there is the second golden sun just lower and to the left of centre; and the third golden sun is in the upper right quadrant, surrounded by loosely floating space debris, like asteroids.I was motivated to do this art piece by an article I read on the website, SPACE.COM. There is a quote from the article that describes a unique triple-sun system:'The triple-star system, HD 188753, is located 149 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus. The primary star is like our Sun, weighing 1.06 solar masses. The other two stars form a tightly bound pair, which is separated from the primary by approximately the Sun-Saturn distance.' (Source: http://www.space.com/1311-triple-sunset-planet-discovered-3-star-system.html ).Artwork Genre: I classify this type of artwork as Abstract Expressionism Pointillism. Every dot, and every solid looking object in this art piece, is a dot. Due to the size of the dots and the viscosity of the inks used, the inks may have run-together to form solid-looking objects; but rest-assured, this is completely a Pointillism artwork.Based on a one-square-inch section of this work, I calculated that there are approximately 273,000 (give-or-take a couple thousand) dots that comprise this 12 inch x 9 inch artwork. The dots that make up this artwork range from .35mm to approximately 3mm in sizes. My favourite Pointillism tools to work with are my alcohol-based ink markers; and I favour my KOH-I-NOOR RAPIDOGRAPH, and FABER-CASTELL TG1-S Technical Pens. Here is a quote, from me, regarding creating Pointillism:'To be a Pointillist, you have to be slightly crazy. With arthritic wrists, painkillers help, as I repeatedly pound the art paper with tiny dots for sometimes up to four or five hours straight. It also helps to love Heavy Metal music, so m

Nawfal Johnson, Malaysia
Member Since September 2006
Artist Statement IMAGEKIND: ARTIST BIO — Nawfal Johnson — Smokephotographist
Beginnings:
When I pick up my camera ... when I compose the subjects in the frame ... and, when I plan and set up my lighting, I have one thing in mind — To take a better photograph than the last time.

I have been using a camera as a hobbyist since I was 12 years old, and then as a freelance professional since 1998.

Photography is a Madness for Me — My Work:
I have been a long-time Freelance Stage & Dance Photographer; nevertheless, I focus much of my energy designing fine art Abstract, and, Abstract Expressionism Photography. I also design SMOKE-ART PHOTOGRAPHY, and that is the art style I focused on in my 2011 book, titled, ETHEREAL DREAMS and HOPE.

My Artistic Influences:
My main artistic influences are Jackson Pollock and Robert Henri. As for photographic influences, I have always drawn inspiration from photographers Carl Fischer, and Andreas Feininger.

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