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Project Hail Mary was visually stunning & tickled both my science + art brain perfectly! Had to stop work on my oil paintings this week to paint a couple acrylic minis inspired by the movie. Gotta ride the creativity wave when it happens! I want to paint a couple more 🫣. Soooo many people asked, so I’ll do some prints when I finish.

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3 days ago | [YT] | 94

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This painting may look like kid art, but I still snuck in some science 🤓. I chose the colors for Earth’s atmosphere based on a real image taken from astronauts aboard the ISS. Today I worked on the shadows between these sections. Starting to look like paper!

I think it took me a couple hours today for just those shadows because it requires blending a gradient of ~3 colors with tiny brushes in a very small area. So far so good!

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2 weeks ago | [YT] | 64

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I have…so many paintings in the works right now lol. All space themed of course, from a toilet paper roll space shuttle to a Baja Blast! I’m waiting on a tool for my next multi-spectral painting (hint: Pismis 24).

Soon I will have enough $$ saved up to finish fabric Jupiter! Many of you joined me from that video. I am also considering getting a small camera to wear during painting to film POV time lapses & post long-form videos. Idk though. Would that be fun? I might fidget too much to strap a camera to my head 🫣

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1 month ago | [YT] | 56

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Working furiously to finish my Cat’s Paw Nebula painting because it has to be dropped off for an art show in 8 days! Can’t wait to share it with you sooooooon 🐾. Here’s a little sneak peak 👀 only stars left!

1 month ago | [YT] | 15

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I started this painting today! This is about 3 hours of work & the first layer. Sorry I totally forgot to record anything this week, which explains my lack of videos 😅

3 months ago | [YT] | 8

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Look how fun my latest painting is! Coming along nicely. It’s a mini pinball game from the 70s. I wanted to create space art that wasn’t my typical nebula or planet. I’ll still be doing those of course, they just take a while to dry in between layers.

3 months ago | [YT] | 4

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Happy Pizza Friday! Do you celebrate? Every Friday I eat pizza on my Jupiter plate lol 🍕

Just a friendly reminder my shop is open until Nov 1st with prints of Leviathan’s Wake.

stellerarts.com/pages/leviathans-wake

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5 months ago | [YT] | 19

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Today I started a different kind of space painting—a star and moon Swarovski crystal! This is the first layer on each ✨

5 months ago | [YT] | 13

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today’s painting + palette ✨

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot in ultraviolet, visible, & infrared light

5 months ago | [YT] | 20

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Europa & Europa Clipper 🛰️

Why is there no lander for this mission? A few people have asked me this question, so let me break it down for you!

• We do not confidently know how thick the ice shell is. Estimates range from 10-15 miles (15-25 km) thick. There may be areas where the subsurface ocean breaks through the crust to the surface (like vents or shallow lakes) or areas where the ice shell is much thinner. That's where we would want to send a lander. First, we need to study the moon in better detail from a safer distance. Europa Clipper will help answer these questions to pave the way for future missions.

•The radiation on Europa is no joke. The moon is nestled within Jupiter's magnetosphere and is constantly blasted with high-energy radiation. Lab experiments have simulated this environment and all the radiation makes Europa glow in the dark! Any lander sent to the surface is going to be subjected to this harsh radiation, which decreases its lifetime and damages sensitive scientific equipment. Since we don't know the best place to send a lander and its lifespan will be limited, again, we need to study from afar until we learn more.

Hi, if you made it this far have a great day & thanks for reading! This painting will be available in my next update at the end of the month 🤗

1 year ago | [YT] | 11