The Black Lagoon Nebula Project explores an imagined cosmic landscape through mixed media art. Resin, mica, sand, paint, and grout bring texture and layered surfaces to these abstract canvases.
This is also the imagined home of my Creature from the Black Lagoon Nebula. The paintings and sculpture belong to the same strange world, with different ways to invite you into it.
A landscape with room for imagination
I use abstraction to suggest a place without defining every part of it. Texture gives the eye something to follow. Shimmer and luminous details change which forms stand out under different lighting.
The result leaves room for your own interpretation. You might find a distant landscape, a watery depth, or a world that feels familiar for a moment before becoming strange again.
Explore the canvases and their creature
See the full view of GNC: 1.2017, compare the overall and close views of GNC: 3.2017, and switch between light, blacklight, and glow photographs of GNC: 2.2017. Select any canvas photograph to open it larger.
Lagoon Nebula GNC: 1.2017
11 × 14 inches. Mixed media, resin, and mica on canvas.
Lagoon Nebula GNC: 3.2017
8 × 10 inches. Mixed media, resin, and mica on canvas.
Lagoon Nebula GNC: 2.2017
8 × 10 inches. Mixed media, resin, and mica on canvas.
Meet the creature
The sculptural inhabitant of this imagined nebula.
Read her project story and explore the sculpture’s close and glow views.
Follow the changing light
The three photographs of GNC: 2.2017 offer different ways to see the same canvas. Ordinary light reveals its color and surface. Blacklight shows its response to ultraviolet illumination. The glow photograph captures luminous details in darkness.
Compare the views and notice how your attention moves. Then return to the other canvases and look for details you may have passed over the first time.
Keep exploring this strange world
The Black Lagoon Nebula Project connects my cosmic canvases with my love of unusual creatures. Together, the works invite curiosity about both a place and the character that might live there.
For questions about a piece, its materials, or care, contact me with its title. Follow the individual artwork’s instructions before exploring its surface by touch.