Inspiration (details)

The cypress tree recalls Van Gogh’s painting Starry Night, where the cypress tree acts as a mediator between reality and the stars dancing above. Hence, I thought it befitting that this cypress tree be in the painting, as like in science, we are the mediators, stretching to that which is beyond our reach to the stars above.

The cypress tree recalls Van Gogh’s painting Starry Night, where the cypress tree acts as a mediator between reality and the stars dancing above.  Hence, I thought it befitting that this cypress tree be in the painting, as like in science, we are the mediators, stretching to that which is beyond our reach to the stars above.<br>