Turbulent Gases in the Omega/Swan Nebula (Hubble Series 1)

This image from the Hubble space telescope is probably one of the most striking in the whole series.  In my painting of it, I strove to juxtapose colors in such a way as to suggest that in space, as in our earthbound life, there is a struggle between opposite energies or forces.  That is, the blues symbolize for me a kind of ideal or pure or lighter region and the browns and reds symbolize the heavier, darker regions.