Celmins is fascinated with the vast and inaccessible nature of the stellar cosmos, as portrayed in 'Dark Galaxy', one of a series of five mezzotint prints made in 2010. The other prints are 'Reverse Galaxy', 'Falling Stars', 'Divided Night Sky' and 'Web Ladder'. Since the early 1970s she has represented wide open spaces that are potentially both engulfing and claustrophobic, such as oceans, deserts and night skies, in her drawings, prints and paintings. The images of nature that she reproduces are taken from found photographs, postcards and magazine clippings and are impersonal and neutral, devoid of any romantic qualities. The mezzotint process used to create these prints has permitted her to explore stark contrasts between black and white.