Amelia - Impermanence, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 48"

Amelia - Pleiades, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 48"

Amelia - Spectrum, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 48"

Amelia - Milky Way, acrylic on canvas, 48" x 48"

We are Stardust - Neutrinos, acrylic and nylon cord on canvas, 24" x 36"

We are Stardust - Herschel, acrylicon canvas, 24" x 36"

We are Stardust - Particles, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 36"

We Are Stardust

A mysterious silhouette appears over and over in the “We are Stardust” series - sometimes a shadowy tint, sometimes an outline filled with stars, and sometimes a silhouette-shaped hole cut right into the stretched canvas! It is the silouette of the (in)famous female aviator Amelia Earhart, who mysteriously disappeared during her attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1937. Speculations abound regarding this “lost woman”, and Earhart has attained an iconic status in the worlds of aviation, science fiction and general pop culture. Bettina Forget uses her silhouette as a symbol for all humankind, for our impermanence, and our connection to the stars.