In 2019 I was commissioned by NASA to create an artwork that represented space, to be exhibited at the 50th anniversary celebrations for the Apollo moon landing.

For this I created ‘Saturn Bowl’. The 5 colours in Saturn came from an image of Saturn seen through an infrared lens, showing colours the naked eye cannot see. Different colours indicate the layers and varying densities of cloud and haze. The vibration of the narrow lines refer to the constantly moving small particles which make up the planets rings.

I have since developed this into a large collection, maintaining the colourway but varying the surface arrangement. Within the collection only 5 colours are used but approximately 9 colours are visible. This is due to a phenomenon known as simultaneous contrast, where the eye sees different colours depending on the neighbouring hue.