What’s on deck this morning? A #HiRise image of amazing folded #geologic rock formations on #Mars! I have five 8x8” paintings to do by Labor Day for the Central Art Gallery Square Show, so they might as well be space (or abstract depending on the viewer. 😂)
For the #Spacetober prompt ‘historic launch vehicles’ it’s my portrait of #mathematician and NASA scientist Katherine Johnson (1918 – 2020). One of the first Black women employed as a NASA scientist (& its predecessor NACA), she was known for her mastery of complex manual calculations of orbital mechanics & played a pivotal role in the success of the US crewed spaceflights from the beginning.
🧵1/n #mathematics#sciart#linocut#printmaking#womenInSTEM#spaceArt#histsci#BlackInSTEM#MastoArt
Excited to (finally!) announce that my artwork FAREWELL TO BENNU is on the back cover of The Planetary Society’s December 2023 issue of THE PLANETARY REPORT!
Nearly done with the ink/gold portion of the #osirisrex#wip. Next up, decorative precious stone inlay (in paint, both figuratively and LITERALLY thanks to my Daniel Smith PrimaTek #watercolors), a golden center, and finally, asteroid samples!
Alien Life on Jupiter, #spaceart by David A. Hardy
A number of scientists and SF writers, including Carl Sagan, Arthur C. Clarke and Ben Bova have postulated #life among the clouds of gas-giant #planets like #Jupiter, floating between the cold upper layers and areas where internal heating creates updrafts of organic materials. Here we see grazing 'floaters' and manta-like #predators
Presenting DUST OF OSIRIS, watercolor and ink, 12x12”. Inspired by the Egyptian decorative motifs, the Egyptian Revival movement, and a high-res photo of the opened OSIRIS-REx sample container, containing dust from asteroid Bennu. This has been a labor of love for me, I hope you enjoy it!
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #JWST! This is UNSEEN PILLARS, a pearlescent #watercolor#painting of the Eagle Nebula (M16 star-forming region) as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope.
A few days’ progress on the Saturn V launch piece, finishing the tower and the rocket, the exhaust using Ferris Wheel Press PLAITED GOLD TRESS, and foreground pad structure in ATLAS IRON ORE.