Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #Future! DUST OF OSIRIS is a #watercolor of the opened #OSIRISREx sample return capsule, with the outer- and innermost sections stylized after ancient Egyptian motifs.
I chose this piece because I hope to see more sample return missions happen, and create more pieces like this in future!
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #AstronomicalObject! ASTRAL JELLYFISH is a pearlescent #watercolor on black of the jellyfish #galaxy JW39 as seen by the NASA/ESA #Hubble Space Telescope. @NASA
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #EVA/#Spacewalk! ALONE IN THE VASTNESS is a marker #illustration of astronaut Bruce McCandless II on the first untethered spacewalk as part of STS-41-B, February 1984. I can’t think of a more iconic image of spaceflight than this one (now 40 years old!)
For today’s #Spacetober prompt EVA, or extra-vehicular activity I made a tiny astronaut on a spacewalk linocut. It’s printed on shiny paper with a pearlescent sheen.
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #Liftoff! FIREFLY RISING is a #watercolor of the #Firefly Alpha rocket on its fourth test flight on 12/22/23. It launched from Vandenberg SFB, a launch spot I’ve always wanted to see.
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #Aeronautics! WICKED BLACKBIRD is an #illustration of the #SR71 Blackbird stealth plane. As a child, I heard sonic booms often, as SR-71s flew over my backyard north of Mt. Shasta, on a flight path out of Beale AFB. I finally saw one in person last December at Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum!
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #CrewCapsule! SILENT SEAS is a #watercolor of the #Apollo command module orbiting the #Moon, a solitary astronaut awaiting the return of his crewmates from the surface.
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #Aurora! BOREAS DANCES ON TABLE ROCKS is an #watercolor of our special aurora show on May 10, captured with the Table Rocks in the Rogue Valley, Oregon.
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #RoboticExplorer! HOLIDAY SNAPS is an #illustration of rover Curiosity against the peaks and slopes of #Mars. (I adore the rover selfies, I do.)
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #SpaceStation! FIRST FLIGHT is a #watercolor of the CFT-1 test of the Boeing Starliner spacecraft, heading towards the International Space Station in June 2024.
For the #Spacetober prompt space station I made a tiny linocut print of the track of the ISS across the night sky.
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #CarlSagan/ #COSMOS! I spent countless hours paging through the COSMOS book as a kid, drawing the rockets and space images. MOONS OF MY CHILDHOOD is a #watercolor of the main Jovian moons: Io, Ganymede, Callisto and #Europa.
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #Artemis! ORION’S PERSPECTIVE is a #marker and watercolor #illustration of the Orion capsule with Earth and the #Moon in the background.
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #Earth! HAÍFOSS WATERFALL, ICELAND is a #watercolor landscape (my first detailed landscape) of #Iceland, an otherworldly place on Earth used by space artists as a terrestrial analog for… other worlds.
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #History! DIANA PIERCES THE AZURE SKY is a #watercolor tribute to Apollo 4, the first successful flight of the Saturn V rocket! 
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #Satellite! DIANA is a #watercolor of my favorite satellite the #Moon. 
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #Orbit! FLOATING DRAGON is a #watercolor of the Dragon capsule orbiting the Earth, preparing to dock with the International Space Station.
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is Celestial Event! This is a #watercolor of Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, seen from a nearby peak, looking across the Rogue Valley to the west. So glad we got to see its beautiful long tail 
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #Telescope! EUCLID’S HORSE is a #watercolor based on the first color image taken of the Horsehead Nebula by the ESA Euclid Telescope.
@esa #SpacetoberChallenge_04 #SpaceArt #SpaceArtist #SciArt #watercolorArt #art #painting #Space #MastoArt #MastoArtists #FediArt #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #ArtistsOfMastodon
Today’s #SpacetoberChallenge is #Astronaut/#Cosmonaut ! COLORS OF GRAY is a #watercolor of #Apollo astronaut Harrison (Jack) Schmitt exploring the #Moon, the only geologist (so far!!) to do field work on the lunar surface.
