The mazurka is a Polish musical form based on the origins of three Polish folkdances: the Mazur, which is the most characteristic due to its inconsistent rhythmic accents, the slow and melancholic Kujawiak, and the quick Oberek. Chopin composed 59 mazurkas for the solo piano.

Here in the artwork Mazurka, a deep sea diving astronaut--the Mazur--reaches toward the Oberek-dancing bird while the unhurried planet Saturn dances the Kujawiak (it takes Saturn over 29 Earth years to go once around the sun). The background text is a page from The Age of the Renaissance. The map fragments are of South Dakota.

Acrylic on canvas

Size: 36 x 48 x 1¼ inches

Price: $4600