Maestlin G Region of the Moon 1972

Nancy Graves made this drawing of the Maestlin G region of the moon, and it's a whole other world, literally! Look at the delicate touches, those myriad dots in pastel shades of pink, green, and blue. I imagine Graves, fueled by curiosity and a touch of whimsy, plotting each point like a cartographer of dreams. I can almost feel the artist's hand moving across the surface, building up this lunar landscape one tiny mark at a time. What was she thinking as she laid down each individual dot? Maybe she was pondering the moon's mysteries or feeling a connection to other painters, like Seurat, who explored similar territory but with figures on a park rather than craters on the moon. It’s not just a map, but a record of time, process, and imagination, a conversation with the cosmos. I feel like artists are always chatting with each other, across time and space, bouncing ideas like lunar ping pong!