Until my James Webb Space Telescope project, this was the largest work I had ever created, and so I went as big as I could possibly go with the content too: this work is about beauty, God and outer space. I drew inspiration from the great cathedrals in Europe—from the masterworks in them, such as Titian’s Assumption of the Virgin, and the lux nova (holy light) pouring into those cathedrals which draws the eye upwards to the heavens. Considering other meanings of “the heavens”, I thought of outer space, and chose a nebula as my source imagery due to the immensity and power and beauty held by those vast areas of space. Throughout the process of painting the imagery on the panel, I sought to honor God by eliciting the same sense of awe experienced in those great cathedrals, and to embrace and pursue beauty for the truth that beauty holds.