Astro Owl (lost constellation Noctua) - 31" x 31"

Astro Owl (lost constellation Noctua) is an original acrylic, charcoal, and silver leaf painting on a 30" x 30" canvas in a contemporary maple "float" style frame.
 
There used to be many more constellations in the sky than there are now.  In 1922 the International Astronomical Union formally recognized 88 constellations, effectively wiping all others from the sky.  This left many well-deserving constellations out in the cold.  Constellation Noctua is one of those. 
Noctua, Latin for “little owl,” was created by British renaissance man Alexander Jamieson in 1822 because he thought it was strange that there was no constellation of the owl “considering the frequency it is met with on all Egyptian monuments.”