2024 Solar Eclipse from Little Rock

I had the privilege this month to see the total solar eclipse from a farm and winery to the northwest of Little Rock, AK. Words fail when describing totality. The ominous, storm-like approach of the Moon's shadow, the strange sepia tones the world turns as the light dims, and then a sudden sunset followed by the ring of fire. As with 2017's total eclipse, this one is painted faithfully to what I saw. The flares in the corona are positioned accurately, the light to the lower right is a planet (Jupiter, I believe), and the eerie clouds that thankfully kept out of the way are included. It'll be 21 years before another total solar eclipse of note passes over the continental US, but I hope to see it. 

Acrylic painting: 14" x 17" 

Stepping Stones to the Stars

One of my other hobbies is creating digital space art; while I've focused more on acrylic paintings in the past few years, this other form of art I also enjoy. Most of my space art was up on another website, but I felt I should bring some of it over here to present a consolidated collection of my artwork.

The road to the stars is represented in this image: life starts on the Earth-like world and eventually realizes the nature of the heavens above. Then, life moves on to the planet's moon, and eventually to other worlds in the star system. Someday, the bright star cluster beyond will be within reach...