This imagined work is the artist’s idea of what might be beyond the known space of Eridanus. The concept started in 2019 and morphed through phases of the artist’s imagination. Final touches were made in 2023.

The thought being what is beyond the discovered regions of space. Some 40-layers of color revealed this image.
It is one of the artists pivotal works delving into the unknown, being less abstract than most of her works. While most artists start with an underpainting laying out the composition, Cheryl trusts the unknown to reveal itself.

There are days the artist walks into her studio after the previous days exploration on canvas and wonders, “Who did that” remarking about the painting on the easel.

The artist shared an epiphany she experiences at times. Some days upon looking away from a painting she is working on she realizes three hours has evaporated.

There is a connectedness that Cheryl seeks with the unknown arenas of the world to the deepest regions of infinity. She is an explorer with a singular desire to see beyond.

Eridanus is a constellation which stretches along the southern celestial hemisphere. It is represented as a river. One of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy, it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It is the sixth largest of the modern constellations. The same name was later taken as a Latin name for the real Po River and also for the name of a minor river in Athens. – Wikipedia