Last Seen by the Neanderthals

 
Last Seen by the Neanderthals, an abstract painting by Peter Kettle inspired by Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, deep time and humanity's relationship with the cosmos.

80 x 80 cm

oil and mixed media on canvas

custom designed oak tray frame

 

Inspired by the return of Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, whose distant passage evokes a world inhabited by Neanderthals. A luminous gesture cuts through darkness, contemplating deep time, human transience and the extraordinary recurrence of celestial events.

 
 
Peter Kettle