Victor Raphael

Victor Raphael moves between Polaroids (often of NASA images beamed back from space), painting embellished with metal leaf, and digital technology to achieve a body of work investigating space fields.

Raphael says, this work explores the relationship of the infinitely small to the infinitely large, of the microscopic to the macroscopic. Our capacity to comprehend these aspects of the universe suggests a profound connection with creation.

Within the range of work shown in this exhibition, we travel from photographs that imply exploding galaxies, star clusters and black holes to paintings that depict worlds beyond our reach.

Victor Raphael Digital Artist Click on Image for a Detail View Click for an interactive Quicktime Virtual Reality of "Space Field"
"Comet Nebula", 1997, Unique Iris on canvas with metal leaf, 29" x 35.5"	"Fire Ring Nebula", 1998, Unique Encad on canvas with metal leaf, 45" x 55"
Victor Raphael moves between Polaroids (often of NASA images beamed back from space), painting embellished with metal leaf, and digital technology to achieve a body of work investigating space fields. Raphael says, this work explores the relationship of the infinitely small to the infinitely large, of the microscopic to the macroscopic. Our capacity to comprehend these aspects of the universe suggests a profound connection with creation. Within the range of work shown in this exhibition, we travel from photographs that imply exploding galaxies, star clusters and black holes to paintings that depict worlds beyond our reach.	"Gold & Copper Field", 1992, Gold and copper leaf on 600 Polaroid, 4.5" x 3.5" (collection of Sarajean & David C. Ruttenberg)
"Space Field", 1992 Metal leaf on Spectra Polaroid, 4" x 4"	"Electromagnetic Planet", 1996 Metal leaf on Spectra Polaroid, 4" x 4"

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