Lewis Andrews/ Drawings

Lewis’s work acts as a conduit between art and science. The supply of information from science fuels the production of visual material, which communicates the knowledge of a scientific endeavour. In short, Lewis’s work focuses on dealing with complex thoughts, ideas and facts within nature and science. Some explore those in which we seem to be overshadowed and overpowered in comparison by the vast distances, size or quantities. Others investigate moments of extreme power, creation and rebirth on a molecular scale or on a scale comparable to that of the universe. Questioning our relationships, place and role within the universe, environment and natural spaces.

​'Death of the Universe' explores the three current theories on the eventual 'end' of the universe. Greatly depending on the future properties of the ever-mysterious Dark Energy of which 68% of the universe is theorised to be, the current theories point towards either 'Heat Death' (being the most likely at the moment), 'The Big Crunch' or 'The Big Rip'. Dark Energy could remain constant or become stronger or weaker compared to gravity as the universe ages, thus changing the eventual 'death' of the universe. Through each sub-series in the 'Death of the Universe' drawings, each of the outcomes is explored in more detail and analysed to bring the viewer forward through time to watch the events and ramifications of whichever route dark energy will progress down and, in turn, bring forth the 'end' of the universe.