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But … Can We Live There?

Posted in My Paintings, Natural Phenomena, Watercolor, tagged , on December 30, 2014| Leave a Comment »

But ...Can We Live There? Watercolor, 22" x 30"

But …Can We Live There? Watercolor, 22″ x 30″

Strange structures on a far-flung world. Made by creatures? By natural processes? Of the many, many worlds in our galaxy are there some touched by old civilizations?

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Aurora Borealis

Posted in My Paintings, My Paintings UTPA MFA, Natural Phenomena, Watercolor, tagged , , , on December 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Aurora Borealis Seen From Space Watercolor, 22" x 30"

Aurora Borealis Seen From Space, 22″ x 30″

Were we able to fly out in space and look back on our planet we might see the Aurora Borealis in full glory … this is a sight humankind has only been able to see in the last few decades. Named for the goddess of dawn, Aurora, it is also called the Northern Lights. We live in an exciting era!

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Enceladus

Posted in My Paintings, My Paintings UTPA MFA, Natural Phenomena, Watercolor, tagged , , , on December 20, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Titan, watercolor, 22" x 30"

Enceladus watercolor, 22″ x 30″

Enceladus is one of the moons of Saturn and has black sands and methane fountains. One of the most volcanically active bodies in our solar system, it spews forth methane and has methane lakes. A spectacle which would be awesome to see!

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Rosetta Mission – Lander Philae

Posted in Etchings, My Paintings, My Paintings UTPA MFA, Watercolor, tagged , , , , , on December 8, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Landing on a comet as it rushes around the Sun at 84,000 miles per hour … a miracle of engineering and precision!

Lander Philae, watercolor

Lander Philae, watercolor

Then to the marvel of the photos taken by the Lander Philae which are relayed to the Rosetta Mission and hence on to us on the Internet … truly miraculous!!

Lander Philae, Etching

Lander Philae, Etching

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Rings of Saturn

Posted in My Paintings, My Paintings UTPA MFA, Watercolor, tagged , on December 7, 2014| Leave a Comment »

The Rings of Saturn

Our neighbor in space, Saturn, with its orbiting rings of frozen ice and (?).

The known is small … the unknown is vast … many puzzles to keep humankind occupied.

The Rings of Saturn

The Rings of Saturn

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Water Jewels

Posted in Print Making, tagged , , on December 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Water Jewels …

Sparkling on a spiderweb as the sun rises and blesses the new day. Each strand of the web has its load of dew drops and the entire web sagged with the burden. Yet it did not break. What an architect!

Dew on Web, Etching

Dew on Web Etching, 9″ x 12″

 

 

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Misty morning spiderwebs …

Posted in Natural Phenomena, tagged , on December 4, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Overnight … rain and thunderstorms … in the morning blue sky and a walk at
8 am in Estero LLano where all the trees are draped in glittering spider webs.

Estero Llano Web

Estero Llano Web

Backlit by the rising sun the ordinarily invisible webs are revealed by the raindrops pearled on each delicate loop.

Estero Llano Web

Estero Llano Web

spider webs looped from tree to tree …

Estero Llano Web

Estero Llano Web

and on the fences …web3 and then a glimpse of the architect of the webs.

The Architect

The Architect

He is a tiny creature in an unusual shape.

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