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This was originally hand painted in 1999, for the July 1999 Popular Mechanics issue, Aliens-Fact or Fantasy?. It has been digitally modified to be viewed better. It basically shows lots of weird aliens of different species, plus flora. Gouache, and Photoshop 6 modified.
Alien World		 This is the first commissioned astronomical to be made digitally. This is the first of 2 very wide paintings, to be used for a toy display backdrop. The space toys will be shown in front of a 1' x 3' wide print of this art. There is no particular place depicted here-it's more of a fantasy astronomical. This is available as a very impressive 12 x 36 poster from Michael Berger. Photoshop w/Wacom tablet.
Blue Gas Giant		 The April 2005 cover of Analog Magazine, this is a view of Jupiter's moon Io, with the frenzy of volcanic activity due to the tremendous tidal forces from close proximity to Jupiter. Add to this the extreme cold of being far from the sun, and you have extremes of hot and cold. Available as a print from Podgallery. Original in Gouache on Masonite, finished with Photoshop 6.
Cold Fire		 Another digitally reworked painting for Gurps Space for Steve Jackson Games. This shows a hypothetical volcanic planet (torn apart by tidal forces from the 2 stars) in the Cygnus star system. Photoshop 6 w/Wacom tablet.
Cygnus Binary System
The third commissioned painting of astronomicals, for a toy backdrop display. This shows a binary sun system, of a red giant and blue dwarf. The dwarf's powerful gravity sucks matter from the red giant. The crystals were formed in the high pressures of the planet's surface. The whole scene is mostly hypothetical, in the tradition of my 'Legions of Power' series. Photoshop 6 w/Wacom tablet.
Forged In Fire		 This is the fourth of the commissioned astronomical series of space toy backdrops. This is an Ice moon with a ringed gas planet in the background. A lot of distortion filtering was used in this work. Photoshop 6 w/Wacom tablet.
Ice Moon		 A view of what life might be on Saturn. The rings are in the background. Oils on masonite.
Jovian Windriders		 Painted in 1982. Here, Io, is one of Jupiter's closest moons, and as such, is torn apart by Jupiter's huge tidal forces. As a result, volcanic activity is common, and the heat and ash mingle with ice, from the cold temperatures in this region of space, far from the sun. This ended up being published ten years later, for Steve Jackson Games
Jupiter from Io
A commission I did around 1997, of the then recent landing of the Mars Pathfinder Sojourner probe. The probe took pictures and analyzed soil samples for 3 months, before losing contact. Acrylic on masonite 17 x 22
Mars Pathfinder		 Originally from 'Star of the Guardians' card game in 1994, done for a series of planetary systems. Gouache on masonite.
Red Mist		 In Nov. 1997, I was commissioned for this 2 page spread, for Popular Mechanics Magazine, from the article by Stefano Coledan. It shows the Cassini orbiter probe, which was launched in October 1997 with the European Space Agency's Huygens probe. Here, it is shown passing into Saturn's rings. Later, the Huygens probe landed on Titan (2005), and increased our knowledge of Saturn's largest moon. Cassini completed it's first mission in 2008, and has continued new missions since, extending through 2017. Acrylic and Gouache on masointe
Ring Rider		 In the spring of 1981, I was a student at Art Center College of Design. At this time, I used the opportunity here, to do an old concept, of a space shuttle on a manned booster, lifting off from Cape Canaveral. This ended up as the April 1985 cover of the L5 News, of the L5 Society-called
Shuttle With Manned Booster
This is the second commissioned painting of the space toy background series set of 2 works, done very wide to accommodate the toys being placed in front for display in store settings. This is another type planet, of flora, and a station added for interest. Photoshop 6 w/Wacom tablet.
Spiral Galaxy Station		 From the book by Greg Bear. Painted as a school project in 1981, then submitted and rejected by the Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, CA for the Galileo probe project. I ended up working with JPL on the Venus Radar Mapper instead. This piece shows the Galileo probe entering Jupiter's atmosphere. Oil on canvas.
The Forge of God		 The first astronomical art painted traditionally, in 15 years, this painting shows a supernova, and the 'St. Elmo's Fire' effect caused by gamma rays and radiation. Acrylic on masonite, 12 x 16 inches.
Time To Leave		 Unpublished. Neptune's largest moon, where pools of liquid and frozen methane thaw at -390 degrees F. Plumes of Nitrogen vapor mixed with dark particulate explode through the warming ice crust, where it was trapped under the ice in winter and warmed in spring by the sun's warmth. The ice plumes may create rainbows. Gouache on masonite.
Triton's Spring Melt
The second commissioned astonomical from the same client for 'Time to Leave' (also in this gallery). Gouache on Masonite.
Twin Galaxies

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