Eye Sparkles

David Nelson Blair, 2022

Colored pencils on black paper
22.9 x 30.5 cm (9 x 12 inches)
Matted and framed; collection of the artist

Prints and drawings, non-professional adult art, New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque, September 7–18, 2022

"The eye sparkles are Jupiter and Saturn on the occasion of the great conjuction in December 2020. Does the drawing capture the awe ofthat occasion felt by a lifelong amateur astronomer? I undertook this drawing as a study for an eventual self-portrait."