Space-scape:  "An Alien's Evening Walk"
Acrylic on canvas, 24"x 36"

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It's evening hour on this exoplanet, and three of the many moons of this planet are rising in the West. (Yes, West, since this planet  rotates in a retrograde orbit, just like the planets Venus and Uranus in our own solar system. Therefore all celestial objects rise in the West for such planets). An alien pauses briefly to watch the rise of the three moons before commencing her evening stroll by the cliff-side. The three moons appear against the backdrop of the galactic band (just like our own Milky Way" galaxy). Click on the above image for a larger view.

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"Rise of The Galaxy"

Acrylic on canvas, 24"x 36".

Completed June 13, 2014
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This painting shows an imagined view from an exoplanet in a star system belonging to a satellite mini-galaxy which orbits around this Galaxy. (This is somewhat like the star systems in the Large Magellenic Cloud (LMC) which orbits around our own Milky Way Galaxy). As the Galaxy rises beyond the far mountains, an alien pauses to watch before commencing her evening walk alongside the Infinity Pool.
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Start of the painting: May 23

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Finished version: May 31, 2014.

 ("On The Moon of a Ringed Exoplanet - 2014")
Acrylic on canvas, 18"x24".

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It's evening hour on this moon of a ringed exoplanet. The ringed planet, along with 5 other moons is seen rising beyond the mountains. Lower left, an alien princess interrupts her evening walk along the cliff-side to watch the planet rise...

Spacescape: "On The Moon of a Ringed Exoplanet"  

Acrylic on Canvas, (3 feet x 2 feet), May 19, 2013.
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View from the moon of a ringed exoplanet... As darkness sets in, the ringed planet rises on the left. Two other moons of the ringed planet can be seen above, on the left and right, showing up as crescents, like the planet itself.. In the lower right, an alien is out for an evening walk on the mountain pathway. Seeing the rise of the ringed planet, it stops to pray, at a simple wayside shrine before resuming her walk...

A Binary Sunset, Acrylic on Canvas, (3 feet x 2 feet).

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The painting shows the view from the moon of a ringed exoplanet in a binary-star system.  

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The binary stars are seen setting on the left, casting a reflection on the crater lake. The ringed planet is shown setting on the right. Both the ringed planet and this moon orbit around the binary stars. Binary star systems are common in our Milky Way Galaxy:  About one-third of the star systems in our galaxy are actually binary or multiple star systems. 

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On the lower left, an alien watches momentarily before descending the steps, and commencing an evening stroll on the pathway along the shore of the crater lake.