Shelley’s images for ARNO are part of a study relating to ‘Remnants of a Supernova’, an interpretation of a phenomenal cosmic event on a vast scale, which produces colour variations within the visible spectrum. His work explores the existence of ‘black light’ and how to make it – or to give the impression.

Zenith: Three vertical points directly above a particular location (opposite to the apparent gravitational force) on the imaginary celestial sphere. A unique alignment of forces in which gravity pulls the three vertical points toward the nadir (lowest point). The format used by Shelley in this instance is a digital colour technique to display the layering and design for an eventually more formal work using advanced techniques with raw pigments. His research continues with experiments using objects falling through layers of liquid colour.

Shelley Rose began his artistic career in the early 1970s as a printmaker for the distinguished artist Michael Rothenstein RA, printing editions at Argus Studios for the Business Art Gallery and Christie’s Contemporary Art. He later went on to teach at Goldsmiths and Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London. His work in abstract print and still life and landscape photography emerges from the observation of the quality and character of light and light phenomena, translated into the medium of printed colour.

Shelley lives in Kent, has exhibited extensively in London including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions and participates in art fairs throughout London and the South East. He won the John Purcell Paper Award for Outstanding Printmaking in 2005 and the Aberystwyth Purchase Prize in 2009, and his work is held in public and private collections.