Pale Blue Dot Magnified

David Nelson Blair, 2024

Pale Blue Dot Magnified
Lost Horizon series

August 25, 2023: At work on studies
in the Lost Horizon series.

Series: Lost Horizon

Miniature, oil on cradled panel
12.7 x 12.7 cm (5 x 5 inches)
Framed

"Miniature and Small Works" salon show, Gallery ABQ, Albuquerque,
May 3–29, 2024

"Why paint a grand aerial vista on a miniature panel? I chose a title to turn this question on its head. Pale blue dot refers to the single-pixel image of Earth captured by Voyager I in 1990—from six billion kilometers away."