Artwork: Douglas Green with Louisa Smurthwaite

Commissioned by: Wembley Park

As visitors arrive on iconic Olympic Way, they are welcomed by the majestic figure of A Guiding Light, a sequential artwork spread across 34, 7-metre-tall banners, against the backdrop of the Wembley Stadium arch.

A Guiding Light depicts the 12 hours of the moon rising and 12 hours of the sun setting, taking visitors on a walk through the wintertime phases of the sun and moon. The artwork across the banners is supported by projections of a star field on the ground below. All the images were hand drawn by Douglas, who started with photographs of the sun and moon before bringing in influences from the Northern Lights and the constellations. At the heart of the A Guiding Light experience is mankind’s obsession with the night sky.