Original Art

Young stars burst forth from a nebula, like seeds spreading through the galaxy. Just as seeds grow flowers that make more seeds, nebulae form stars that eventually form new nebulae. Cosmic cycles of life and death are apparent at all scales.

This painting was the inspiration for the dandelion motif that runs through the TV series COSMOS. Carl Sagan did not want his "spaceship of the imagination" to have a realistic, technological feel, and this painting brought forth the idea that the spaceship, when seen from outside, resembled a seed, blowing through the cosmos.

20" x 20", acrylic on illustration board.
Signed by the artist.

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This is a study for the painting that appears on page 266 of the book COSMOS, by Carl Sagan.

11" x 14", mixed media on paper.
Signed by the artist.

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This piece was painted just before the 1991 eclipse visible from Kona, Hawaii. The view is as seen in the morning sky of Earth and shows the stage of the eclipse just before totality.

24" x 30", acrylic on canvas, framed in white lacquer.
Signed by the artist.

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This piece was painted just before the 1991 eclipse visible from Kona, Hawaii. The view is as seen from Earth orbit and shows the stage of the eclipse just after totality.

24" x 30", acrylic on canvas, framed in white lacquer.
Signed by the artist.

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May also be purchased in a set of 2 paintings (see below).

These two pieces were painted just before the 1991 eclipse visible from Kona, Hawaii. One view is as seen in the morning sky of Earth and shows the stage of the eclipse just before totality. The other view is as seen from Earth orbit and shows the stage of the eclipse just after totality.

Each painting 24" x 30", acrylic on canvas, framed in white lacquer.
Signed by the artist.

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The paintings may also be purchased individually (see above).