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STELLAR RELICS" by Michael C. Turner© 2008/2009 ~ Galactic Visions Space Art
Acrylic on stretched canvas using traditional bristle brush techniques ~ 60"X60"
A galactic beacon, a quasar, illuminates a region of interstellar space where the relics of a captured solar system are gradually pulled through space toward a dark gravitational entity, a black hole. A pulsar, a rapidly rotating super dense star, spins erratically creating multiple beams of light to strobe form its surface. Much of the terrestrial class planets have long ago broken up as their orbits became erratic due to the immense gravitational field of the black hole. Space-faring civilizations shall encounter many bizarre stellar relics such as this and even more, as yet undiscovered cosmic phenomenon are encountered . . .
(Another of my archaeoastronomy paintings . . . MCT)
May All Your Visions Be Galactic Visions ~ Michael C. Turner
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Greetings,
Thank you for your comment and for including my space art paintings in your favourites.
Best regards,
Michael C. Turner
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Thank you for your positive comment . . . MCTurner
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You positive comment means a great deal to me. Please check out my gallery.
Best of all good things,
Michael C. Turner
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The descriptions of the paintings are very interesting. I'm intrested in astrophysics, though I don't know much about it. I was wondering which direction the black hole is in. Is it near the quasar?
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Greetings . . .
Thank you for the positive comment. The black hole, normally invisible until it interacts with matter or super-charged energy (ionized gases/plasma), is actually directly behind the central light burst, where you see gases and matter flowing toward it (the diminishing infinity). You are seeing the quasar (usually found in the nucleus of massive galaxies), which is powered by the black hole, jet massive quantities of light and energy as a result of the gravitational influence of the black hole. So yes, you can see the effects of a black hole on space, energy and matter near it and no, you can't see the black hole directly since nothing, not even light can escape it once it goes beyond the event horizon. I trust this makes my conceptual painting a bit clearer to you. Of course, I hope people enjoy my paintings seven if they don't understand all of the concepts. I want them to be inspired as well as informed. This is why I include a descriptor of the painting. Usually I have a much longer narrative when I exhibit however; I give only a brief synopsis in the Deviant Art gallery. I will be adding more images to my gallery in the near future so please do check back from time to time . . .
My best regards to you,
Michael C. Turner
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Of course, your paintings are beautiful with or without descriptions, but I enjoy them even more knowing they depict realistic scenery.
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Greetings,
Thank you. I appreciate the fact that you recognize that such vistas are not "fantasy" but exist in a real place and time . . . somewhere in the universe. Some people mistakenly think my art is fantasy and/or science fiction whereas it is at least sceintifically plausible, even with the artistic license I use sometimes to assist in the hysical conceptualization process . The real universe is wondrously diverse so we shouldn't so quickly rule out what might be considered "fanciful." After all, the electronic media of today was only fantasy a few decades ago . . .
My best to you,
Michael C. Turner
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