GRB [V and VII] (2025) is an explosion of energy that occupies the vast space of the composition violently with the power of the explosion while also offering a reminder of what was once a massive star and the engagement with this power. Before being turned into digital works- these were inverted Indian ink drawings before they were refined which gives foundation to the work conceptually.
The ink allows the texture to seep through, yet by inverting the colour of the ink, it turns the paper into a void of space, and the inks bleed and stroke into an explosion and blast. The gamma-ray cuts through the centre of the composition, and this explosion creates a balance between the void and the chaos that the ray creates. It appears as though it is a knife cutting throughout the image, depicting the force of the ray.
GRB V looks more like it is targeting something in the middle of the composition- somewhat like Lewis’s reference to GRBs as ‘cosmic snipers’. Though; it seems to be more than an analogy; instead it is now a framing device that has positioned the viewer as the potential target of the GRB. The GRB within this composition is aimed perfectly despite its grandiose scale.
Overall, the two works from the series presented here in the publication have successfully captured the violence of natural phenomena that happens within this universe—not as a metaphor but rather as an empirical truth of the universe. The viewer thus is not a witness to this event but rather evidencing it—as it perhaps may be happening while we view the artwork.