Month: March 2021

A Little More Space

Originally, I made these pieces using pastels, but I decided to switch to acrylic so that I can add more detail.  I like doing details, because I can lose myself in the intricacies.  This one was painted after the recent landing of the NASA rover, Perseverance, on the planet Mars.  Joining the  rovers Sojourner, Spirit […]

The Drake Equation

The Drake equation is: where: N = the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which communication might be possible (i.e. which are on our current past light cone); and R∗ = the average rate of star formation in our galaxy fp = the fraction of those stars that have planets ne = the average […]

St. Petersburg, Russia

St. Petersburg, Russia Acrylic and gold metal leafing on board 32″ x 18″ My mother is Prussian and loves the land of the Tsars.  For their 50th wedding anniversary my parents went on their dream trip. My gift to them was this painting. Painting buildings and structures generally isn’t my thing, but this was a […]

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