Katherine Bradford’s paintings often consist of colourful, abstract spaces in which human figures float or fly. Here, the artist creates a dream sky illuminated by bright planets and stars. A figure is piloting a spaceship, while another floats beneath it. The distorted faces of passengers can be vaguely discerned through the windows. Are these ‘people’ moving aimlessly through space? Or is Bradford referring to a magical possibility of liberation? [text 2025]