Oil pastel on paper 15 x 19 inches

The Orion Nebula is the closest star-forming region to Earth, only 1,500 light-years away. Visible to the naked eye, the Mayans believed it to be the cosmic fire of creation. The three main stars of the constellation Orion are the Three Hearthstones from the Mayan myth: Rigel, Saiph, and Alnitak.