Global Meltdown
The Frontliner - A Dreadful Yet Pragmatic Resort Oil on board 7” x 5”
I am a planetary scientist with the Mars Institute and the SETI Institute. I studied astronomy at Cornell University where I was Carl Sagan’s last T.A.. My artwork depicts our profound loneliness in the cosmos, its indifference to our concerns, but also our hope to explore it, to one day understand this tiny yet hopeful place we occupy in the vastness of space and time. This painting depicts a frontliner at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., moving a COVID-19 victim to a refrigerated truck. A sobering reminder of the frailty of our lives. I painted this gripping moment to honor all those who have died of COVID-19, and express my gratitude to frontliners everywhere.
Pascal Lee pascallee.net
90 Direct Art / 2021 SE
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