Jettison

Colleen Ford White is an American artist and art educator. 

"This most recent body of work centers the Earth's moon as the subject in which to explore ideas around the slow progression toward entropic states of being," said White. "The Moon is highlighted similarly to a subject in a portrait and explores the delicate nature of its existence in relation to the viewer’s expectations of its reliability. The work aims to unravel the security in our expectations for order and meaning, to confront the grief of chaos and disorder the universe has in store; to allow the Moon to be an agent of its own destiny despite us - separate from our need to feel safe from what it would mean for us in its absence.

"Jettison" was created in 2024 by using colored pencil and flashe (a matte vinyl paint) on watercolor paper. This drawing is one of many in an ongoing series of drawings that aim to examine the world of theoretical astrophysics, particle theory, and our relation to the greater Cosmos.