#scienceart
September is Aneurysm Awareness Month, so I’ll be sharing various medical illustrations depicting them and their treatment each week. I created these images for the Microsurgical Basics and Bypass Techniques book, written by Evgenii Belykn, MD, PhD @ebelykh. It shows tandem clipping with fenestrated clip, placed to save an arterial branch in the fenestration window, and the wrapping of an artery bearing a small blister-type aneurysm #aneurysmclip #bypass #aneurysm #clipping #microsurgery #endoscope #bypasssurgery #vascular #pathology #medicalillustration #cintiq #wacomtablet #scienceart #medical #pathologyassistant #ortech #neuronurse #paschool #physcicianassistant #neuro #illustrators #artistsoninstagram #neurosurgery #photoshoppainting #digitalartists #pathological #surgical #techniques (at Phoenix, Arizona)
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It’s a bittersweet day as we say farewell to a medical illustrator innovator, the manager of Neuroscience Publications, Mark Schornak. He will be joining the team at @unc_neurosurgery Chapel Hill. Mark has worked at here at @barrowneuro for the last 30 years, creating countless traditional and digital neurosurgical drawings and paintings, and inspiring the next generation of medical illustrators.
Mark hired me as a medical illustrator at Barrow’s Neuroscience Publications department back in 2016. Over the years, Mark has been a great friend and mentor to me, always taking the time to help me understand complex neurosurgical concepts and being patient with me as I drew things incorrectly over and over again. Mark’s impressive knowledge of neuroanatomy combined with his unique artistic approach to illustration has made him a medical illustrator in a league of his own. As an illustrator, I don’t think I’m capable of filling Mark’s shoes, but it’s an honor to walk in his footsteps. Best of Luck, Mark! #medicalillustrator #mentor #teacher #medicalart #neurosurg #publications #department #peerreview #journals #bookcover #artworks #brains #scienceart #neurosciences #artscience #inspiration #farewellparty
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Argemone glauca, or Pua kala, is one of the prickly poppies (family Papaveraceae) and is endemic the Hawaiian islands where it exists at many altitudes. A. glauca (named for the glaucous = gray green/blue leaves) produces a classic white flower with yellow center and has spiny leaves which along with toxic alkaloids deter herbivores from grazing. While not possessing the opioids for which poppies may be best known, the alkaloids Pua kala possesses made it useful to native Hawaiians for treating various medical conditions such as ulcers, toothaches, and warts.
Like its mainland counterparts, A. glauca prefers fairly dry habitats, doing well in places with little rainfall. Though native to only north and south America, various species of Argemone have been introduced throughout the world, including different species though within the native range of the genus. Argemone mexicana is a fairly close relative of A. glauca and has been introduced to the Hawaiian islands, benefiting from adaptation to similar environments.
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Einige meiner Arbeiten werden ab heute in der Ausstellung Kunst trifft Technik im @porzellanikon in Selb gezeigt. Meine Arbeiten gehen auf Tour und ich bin iso im HomeOffice… #3dp #3dprint #kunstausdem3ddrucker #kunst #ausstellung #technik #kunsttriffttechnik #scienceart #art #sculpture #pietern #monochromeandminimal (hier: Porzellanikon)
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Trying something different today. I’ve been feeling frustrated with digital painting lately and how easy it is to change my mind instead of commuting to a piece of work, so it’s nice to do something physical for a change
. #embroidery #embroideryart #design #insect #scienceart #tigerbeetle #beetle #bug #drawing #art #artistsoninstagram #illustratorsoninstagram #illustration #sewing #femaleillustrator #traditionalcraft
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Lohuecosuchus and Lohuecotitan in the excavation site where they were discovered. (Lo Hueco, Spain)
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Cassini, an allegory from 2018
Oil, 18 x 24 in
In our pursuit to understand the solar system we find ourselves in, we sent an explorer on a billion mile journey to the Saturnian system. The Cassini Spacecraft sent back amazing new data and images of Saturn and it’s 62 known moons, 46 of which were unknown when Cassini left. We learned that the moon, Enceladus, may have everything it needs to support life deep in it’s global ocean, Titan has a liquid methane sea, and so much more.
In 2017, low on fuel after twenty years in space and so much information gained, Cassini took several dives between Saturn and it’s rings to learn a little more before it’s mission came to an end. To avoid possible microbial contamination of any of Saturn’s moons, Cassini dove and burned up in Saturn’s atmosphere, while sending back it’s final data.
Prints:https://robrey.storenvy.com
#cassini #cassinispacecraft #saturn #cosmicperspective #cosmos #spaceart #scienceart #sciart
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Solar panels, or altars to our sun, securing the favor of our source? The magic is in how you look at it. In what ways do you enchant the mundane in your life?
Source
Oil, 18 x 24 in, 2016
For thousands of years, multitudes of agricultural societies have worshiped this bringer of light and warmth. They knew it’s critical role in growing their life-sustaining crops, though it probably have seemed like magic.
Our sun is the engine that powers our solar system. With slight exception, all the energy we use came from this star. Temperature variations on the earth’s surface drive the winds. For billions of years, organisms have been photosynthesizing it’s light and storing the energy that we now use as fossil fuels. Our atmosphere traps the sun’s heat and keeps us from freezing to unlivable temperatures every night. We have evolved in a stable balance of atmospheric insulation, but now, as we burn billions of years of stored solar energy, we risk breaking that balance. Luckily, we have found the technology to directly harness the sun’s energy without altering our atmosphere. It may seem like magic, but all we have to do is make broad use of these intricately patterned panels by laying them out to absorb the light of our source.
Prints through link in bio.
#cosmicperspective #figurepainting #oilpainting #spaceart #scienceart #sciart #humanist #cosmos #scientificpantheism #atheopagan #spiritualnaturalism
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Allegory of Nature , 8x6 inch study, 2017
Having a scientific world-view doesn’t mean giving up feelings of mystery, magic, and awe. If understanding more about the world makes you feel it’s boring, you may need to rethink how you approach it. Do you have a “phone” in your pocket, or a magical device crafted by electrical wizards that gives you the power to summon most of human knowledge in moments? The magic is in how you look at it.
“I’m just looking to find out more about the world. And if it turns out that there is a simple ultimate law that explains everything, so be it. That would be very nice to discover. If it turns out it’s like an onion with millions of layers and we’re just sick and tired of looking at the layers, then that’s the way it is. But whatever way it comes out, nature is there and she’s going to come out the way she is.”
- Richard Feynman
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#cosmicperspective #feynman #oilpainting #portraitpainting #feynmanism #scienceart #sciart
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New detailed study, 8 x 6 inches, tomorrow morning @everydayorig
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”
This quote from Carl Sagan represents one of the most poetic truths of our scientific reality. That the heavy elements that we are made of weren’t created at the beginning of time. Only hydrogen and helium were immediate results of the Big Bang. The rest of the elements were created in the nuclear furnaces of earlier generations of stars that have since exploded and spread their material across the universe. We are literally made of stardust.
#cosmicperspective #starstuff #stardust #spaceart #scienceart #carlsagan #cosmos #oilpainting #nebula #everydayoriginal
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Remember back in 2015, when the New Horizons spacecraft showed us what Pluto looks like for the first time ever? That was cool.
Pluto Unveiled
Oil, 12 x 16 inches, 2016
It takes light 8 minutes to reach Earth from the sun, but 4.6 hours to reach Pluto from Earth.
Prints through link in bio.
#newhorizons #pluto #cosmicperspective #oilpainting #figureativeart #figurativepainting #spaceart #scienceart #sciart #cosmos
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Bioluminescence : Tenacity
Oil, 8 x 10 inches
Sold in my Rehs Gallery show last fall.
The light of life and the natural world. Of all the vastness of space, as of yet, we know of only one planet that supports life. At least within some great distance from here, life is rare. Each organism being the exquisite and detailed product of billions of years of evolution, life is precious. The process of science has revealed a luminous, living planet, more intricate and amazing than we could have ever imagined. Let us embrace the light of life in everyone, kindled over billions of years, and combine our efforts to light a brilliant future.
Prints through link in bio.
#cosmicperspective #bioluminescence #oilpainting #scienceart #bird
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Observation, an older piece form the Cosmic Perspective series.
Science is more than a body of knowledge, it’s a way of thinking.
We used to think we could understand the world simply by thinking about it, that what made sense to us must be true. But, Observation showed us that the universe often does not conform to our expectations or desires. It doesn’t matter how beautiful a theory is, who came up with it, or how much we wish something to be true. We have to look at how the universe really works, and in science, Observation has the final say.
The scientific method has pulled humanity out of dangerous superstitions and entrenched ideologies. It has allowed us to find real solutions to the problems we face. Observation leads the way. We may not always like what we see, but if we accept it with humility, we will find progress.
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#scienceart #sciart #scientificmethod #figurepainting #figurativeart #allegory #cosmicperspective #cosmos #carlsagan #humanist
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Cosmic Awareness
8 x 6 inches, Detailed study
Available tomorrow on @everydayorig
“We are a way for the cosmos to know itself”
-Carl Sagan
We are part of this universe, not simply within it. We are products of nearly 14 billion years of evolution from an incredibly hot and dense beginning. First, simple atoms of hydrogen and helium had to form as space expanded and cooled. Before a planet could evolve life, these simple atoms had to form stars that would fuse heavier elements. These stars had to burn out in violent explosions that would seed new solar systems like ours with the elements necessary for life. After more than 9 billion years of cosmic evolution, our planet formed and began to evolve life. In this little corner at least, we are the first pieces of the universe with the ability to look out at the night sky and understand it. We are the universe coming to know itself.
#sagan #cosmicperspective #moon #earth #overvieweffect #figurepainting #spaceart #scienceart #sciart #figurativeart #starstuff
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Nebular Nook
Oil, 24 x 16 inches
This new painting, from an earlier study, has been accepted to show next month in the Oil Painters of America’s annual National Juried Exhibition!
In the nebulous dust of deceased giants, new stars are born. Stretching out their new solar winds, these young stars carve out a space for themselves in the dust, just a few million years old.
How many human generations is a million years? It would be approximately 40,000 generations, yet homo sapiens has only existed for less than a third of that time, about 12,000 generations.
Prints through link in bio.
#cosmicperspective #deeptime #stars #astronomy #sciart #scienceart #cosmos #figurepainting #oilpainting #spaceart #boldbrush
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Fathom - from 2016
Oil, 20 x 24 inches
The vast depth of space and the multitude of stars, worlds, and galaxies is nearly impossible for our minds to fathom, but it’s an awakening experience to attempt. Traveling at the speed of light, it would take 100,000 years to cross just our one galaxy.
Prints through link in bio
#cosmicperspective #cosmos #spaceart #scienceart #universe #galaxy #stars #space #painting #figurepainting #artwork #oilpainting #artnouveau #astronomy #overvieweffect #humanism
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Some detail images of Overview
Oil, 24 x 24 inches
The Overview Effect is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space.
The Earth is immediately understood to be a tiny, fragile ball of life, hanging in the void, shielded by a paper-thin atmosphere. National boundaries vanish, and the conflicts that divide people become less important, encouraging a sense of unity with all of humanity and life on Earth. The need to create a planetary society with the united will to protect this planet becomes both obvious and imperative.
“When we look down at the earth from space, we see this amazing, indescribably beautiful planet. It looks like a living, breathing organism. But it also, at the same time, looks extremely fragile … Anybody else who’s ever gone to space says the same thing because it really is striking and it’s really sobering to see this paper-thin layer and to realize that that little paper-thin layer is all that protects every living thing on Earth from death, basically. From the harshness of space.”
-Ron Garan, Astronaut
Prints through link in bio
#overvieweffect #earth #cosmicperspective #cosmos #palebluedot #bluemarble #humanist #spaceart #scienceart #humanism
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My online solo show with @abendgallery opened last Wednesday afternoon. It seems many people were somewhat distracted at the time, so I’m announcing it again!
This is “Vantage” and “Overview” painted to scale with each other. To accurately represent the average distance between the Earth and Moon, the two paintings would need to be hung about 45 feet apart.
The Overview Effect is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space.
The Earth is immediately understood to be a tiny, fragile ball of life, hanging in the void, shielded by a paper-thin atmosphere. From space, national boundaries vanish, and the conflicts that divide people become less important, encouraging a sense of unity with all of humanity and life on Earth. The need to create a planetary society with the united will to protect this planet becomes both obvious and imperative.
“When we look down at the earth from space, we see this amazing, indescribably beautiful planet. It looks like a living, breathing organism. But it also, at the same time, looks extremely fragile … Anybody else who’s ever gone to space says the same thing because it really is striking and it’s really sobering to see this paper-thin layer and to realize that that little paper-thin layer is all that protects every living thing on Earth from death, basically. From the harshness of space.”
-Ron Garan, Astronaut
#overvieweffect #moon #palebluedot #bluemarble #overview #cosmicperspective #spaceart #scienceart #earth #oilpainting #painting #cosmos #humanist #humanism #boldbrush
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My Online Solo Show with @abendgallery is now live!
Overview, Oil, 24 x 24 inches
The Overview Effect is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space.
The Earth is immediately understood to be a tiny, fragile ball of life, hanging in the void, shielded by a paper-thin atmosphere. From space, national boundaries vanish, and the conflicts that divide people become less important, encouraging a sense of unity with all of humanity and life on Earth. The need to create a planetary society with the united will to protect this planet becomes both obvious and imperative.
“When we look down at the earth from space, we see this amazing, indescribably beautiful planet. It looks like a living, breathing organism. But it also, at the same time, looks extremely fragile … Anybody else who’s ever gone to space says the same thing because it really is striking and it’s really sobering to see this paper-thin layer and to realize that that little paper-thin layer is all that protects every living thing on Earth from death, basically. From the harshness of space.” -Ron Garan, Astronaut
#overvieweffect #overview #earth #earthart #cosmicperspective #oilpainting #painting #spaceart #scienceart #cosmos #humanist #humanism #galleryshow #bluemarble #palebluedot #fineart
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Pleased to see my painting, Nullius In Verba, is a finalist in the Art Renewal Center Salon!
Oil, 24 x 18 in
Latin for “on the word of no one” or “take nobody’s word for it”, Nullius in verba is the motto of the oldest national scientific institution, the Royal Society. The society was founded in 1660 and presided over by Sir Isaac Newton from 1703-27. The motto is explained thus:
It is an expression of the determination of Fellows to withstand the domination of authority and to verify all statements by an appeal to facts determined by experiment.
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#cosmicperspective #nulliusinverba #scienceart #cosmos #spaceart #overvieweffect #astronomy #oilpainting #figurepainting #artwork #fineart
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Bioluminescence : Curiosity
Oil, 16 x 12 inches
One of the pieces that sold in my group show, Taking Flight, at Rehs Contemporary last month.
A print would make a great gift as we celebrate light in these dark winter months
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The light of life and the natural world. Of all the vastness of space, as of yet, we know of only one planet that supports life. At least within some great distance from here, life is rare. Each organism being the exquisite and detailed product of billions of years of evolution, life is precious. This point of light and inspiration stands in contrast to the lanterns and lights that are historically thought to be sources of illumination but are now dimmed; mythologies and superstitions humans have created as we struggled in the dark of ignorance to understand our world. But the process of science has revealed a luminous, living planet, more intricate and amazing than we could have ever imagined. Let us embrace the light of life in everyone, kindled over billions of years, and combine our efforts to light a brilliant future.
#bioluminescence #bird #birdpainting #putabirdonit #humanist #humanism #humanlight #scienceart #glowing #cosmicperspective #giftideas #artwork #oilpainting
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A few detail shots of Oasis so you can see the strokes.
“From that distance, my thumb fit over the entire Earth. I realized how insignificant we all are if everything I’d ever known is behind my thumb … When you see Earth from the moon, you realize how fragile it is and just how limited the resources are. We’re all astronauts on this spaceship Earth and we have to work and live together.”
- Astronaut Jim Lovell
“The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena… In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand… the only home we’ve ever known.”
- Carl Sagan, The Pale Blue Dot
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#paintingdetail #paintingcloseup #oilpainting #figurepainting #figurativeart #figurativepainting #spaceart #scienceart #overvieweffect #palebluedot #sagan #cosmicperspective #humanism #cosmos #earthrise
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Oasis
Oil, 24 x 18 inches
A new painting from a study I posted earlier this year, now available on IX!
“From that distance, my thumb fit over the entire Earth. I realized how insignificant we all are if everything I’d ever known is behind my thumb … When you see Earth from the moon, you realize how fragile it is and just how limited the resources are. We’re all astronauts on this spaceship Earth and we have to work and live together.”
- Astronaut Jim Lovell
“The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena… In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand… the only home we’ve ever known.”
- Carl Sagan, The Pale Blue Dot
Prints and original through link in bio!
#overvieweffect #overview #cosmicperspective #spaceart #spaceartist #humanist #humanism #art #fineart #oilpainting #figurepainting #figurativeart #painting #cosmos #sagan #sciart #scienceart #earth #palebluedot
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Details of Fusion Lighting the Stars
Oil, 18 x 24 inches
Opening tomorrow in ‘Midnight Garden’, curated by @beautifulbizarremagazine at @moderneden Gallery!
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Stars are continuous nuclear explosions! Not simply fixed masses of hot gas, stars are a balance of two enormous forces: gravity and nuclear fusion. On its own, gravity would crush a star into the oblivion of a black hole or other super-dense entity. But nuclear fusion pushes back, releasing so much energy that the outer layers of the star are literally blown away, aloft from the core, and in equilibrium with gravity. From lightyears away, these cataclysmic explosions flutter as faint candles in our night sky.
Stars live a looong time, billions of years, but eventually the fuel of fusion runs out and gravity prevails. In the span of the universe, stars exist as temporary states of matter that will one day transition into other things. Much of their mass will be crushed. But in the process, many will fuse carbon, the other elements of life, and form planetary nebula. Later, these nebula will condense into new solar systems, and perhaps be part of some other temporary state of matter lucky enough to be able think about it.
#cosmicperspective #spaceart #scienceart #cosmos #nebula #paintingdetail #paintingcloseup #figurepainting #oilpainting #sciart #humanist #starstuff #stardust
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Fusion Lighting the Stars
Oil, 18 x 24 inches
For the upcoming ‘Midnight Garden’ show, curated by @beautifulbizarremagazine at @moderneden Gallery, opening October 24th!
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Stars are continuous nuclear explosions! Not simply fixed masses of hot gas, stars are a balance of two enormous forces: gravity and nuclear fusion. On its own, gravity would crush a star into the oblivion of a black hole or other super-dense entity. But nuclear fusion pushes back, releasing so much energy that the outer layers of the star are literally blown away, aloft from the core, and in equilibrium with gravity. From lightyears away, these cataclysmic explosions flutter as faint candles in our night sky.
Stars live a looong time, billions of years, but eventually the fuel of fusion runs out and gravity prevails. In the span of the universe, stars exist as temporary states of matter that will one day transition into other things. Much of their mass will be crushed. But in the process, many will fuse carbon, the other elements of life, and form planetary nebula. Later, these nebula will condense into new solar systems, and perhaps be part of some other temporary state of matter lucky enough to be able think about it.
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Watch for the color study to this painting on @everydayorig Tuesday.
#cosmicperspective #cosmos #astronomyart #spaceart #figurativeart #figurativepainting #figurativeartist #nebula #spaceartist #stars #scienceart #sciart #humanist #humanism #starstuff #stardust #secular
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Bioluminescence - Question, Hypothesis, Experiment
Oil, 30 x 20 inches
Here’s the painting that was in the Forbes article last week! It’s part of a seven person group show at Rehs Contemporary next month in NYC.
The light of life and the natural world. Of all the vastness of space, as of yet, we know of only one planet that supports life. At least within some great distance from here, life is rare. Each organism being the exquisite and detailed product of billions of years of evolution, life is precious. This point of light and inspiration stands in contrast to the lanterns and lights that are historically thought to be sources of illumination but are now dimmed; mythologies and superstitions humans have created as we struggled in the dark of ignorance to understand our world. But the process of science has revealed a luminous, living planet, more intricate and amazing than we could have ever imagined. Let us embrace the light of life in everyone, kindled over billions of years, and combine our efforts to light a brilliant future.
#birds #bioluminescence #oilpainting #birdpainting #naturalism #secular #secularism #humanism #humanist #sciart #scienceart #scientificmethod #science #birdart #boldbrush
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