The Likert Star Cylinder

The Likert Star Cylinder

Need More Sky? Lower Horizons!

Need More Sky? Lower Horizons!

Northern Cross Sinking

Northern Cross Sinking
A Swan no More

Bring the Magic Inside!

Bring the Magic Inside!
Full Moon over the Great Pyramid

Sumner Star Theater Opens!

Sumner Star Theater Opens!
Backlit Star Projection

The Grand Illumination!

The Grand Illumination!

the fifty buck dome

the fifty buck dome

Dream Big

Dream Big

A Cakebox Full of Stars

A Cakebox Full of Stars

Sun Globe

Sun Globe

Adding Color To Your Sky

Adding Color To Your Sky

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Astro Enhanced Art

I was frustrated, I couldn't find astro art that satisfied that odd mixture of science and emotion. Sure there was Starry Starry Night by Van Gogh .. stars dripping through the Paris(?) sky but where were my own mental images? Where was the secluded cove at Lake of the Ozarks watching the Cross slip into the darkened hills, time for Dad to fire up the 5 horse outboard and take us in. Where was Crux over south seas unimaginable as I stood for a few brief days on Maui and realized just how much larger the world was than my TV screen .. no art captured these emotions .. I found some pictures in old dusty shelf astronomy books and this brought the idea ..

I'd create my own .. enhance pictures I found that were ALMOST there in my mind .. the sunset, the sky .. the lake, the ocean . the scene .. how hard would it be to dab in some impressionistic yet realistic stars? Stars dont have to be pinpoints always .. we see them in our minds eye more a watercolor sometimes .. So I tried it .. I may make a collection .. just small additions

But is adding the cosmos to a scene small in any way? Or is it dreaming big?

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