My art studio feels naked without this giant painting that’s been hanging on my wall easel for 3 years! Live in Tucson? Come see 3 of my paintings and tons of wonderful pieces at Art of Planetary Science show in 2 weeks! Details in flyer ⬇️

Using AI makes science communication worse. Period. AI use necessarily reduces accuracy, transparency and authenticity. But sci comm *needs* to be accurate, transparent, and authentic. Otherwise you’re just goofing around, which will destroy your audience‘s trust in you and in other sci comm.

Saturn in Near UV and Blue - From Judy Schmidt (geckzilla.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2fMx5oT

Can I paint cardboard & construction paper? Stay tuned! Am I currently experimenting with like 5 different painting styles & themes? Yes. Shhhh it’s all space art, enjoy! 🐡

why does the circle paper cutter I want (for my next painting) not deliver to the US noooooo

Went to the Tucson Gem Show for the first time! Got my very own space rocks! A pallasite & lunar meteorite. My husband got fossilized poop (lol) & a spinosaurus tooth. I was also very excited about the Dippin’ Dots. The matching shirts were a hit.

Wooooo tomorrow I’m finally going to the Tucson Gem show for the first time! Most of my stuff from childhood was thrown out, including my rock collection, so maybe I can get a few minerals to replace what I had ☺️

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! ⭐️ Loved my research, but was drawn to follow my passion in a way I could combine science, art, and education. It’s a privilege to share my paintings with you! Thanks for sticking around to support this journey 🤗

Ahhhh look! The native desert globemallow I planted is blooming for the first time and has a lil friend. I was expecting it to be orange, but I guess I got a white one! 🐞

Space pinball is off to be professionally scanned by a local business ☺️

People have been asking me for a print of my multi-spectral Jupiter FOR YEARS. Unfortunately, I could not transport the giant painting at the time & am emotionally attached to it remaining in my sight. BUT THEN I painted a little version. It’s even better! Spectrum of Storms coming in 2 weeks ☁️

They were wrong about what’s inside Uranus (Jokes aside, there have been a bajillion modeling papers about the internal structure of Uranus and Neptune and none of them will be provably right or wrong until we get a damn orbiter to one of them)

Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.

convo with my husband who has never seen any Star Trek me: can I buy a life size cardboard cut out of Data for the house? husband: yes, it would be cool if you could get one of Riker with his chair too!

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

I just submitted 5 of my paintings to an art contest which received 13,000 entries last year ahahah. If one of my pieces makes it past the first cut, I call that a win for science art 😎

Behold! My latest multi-spectral oil painting. The Cat’s Paw Nebula in visible light (greyscale) & infrared (rectangles) featuring 2027 hand-painted stars ⭐️

Let my dog out, and my yard is filled with purple flowers! Birds must have delivered them for me. Unfortunately it’s a non-native species, and I’ve been trying to fill my yard with native ones. The bees seem happy though! Hummingbirds are engaged in warfare as usual. 🦜

Watching Eric Berger (historically a Musk fanboy) struggle with the revelation that Musk is a fake engineer conman white supremacist never loses its entertainment value

Hello Cosmic Cliffs, we meet again for the first time in 3 years! Touching up a few spots today. The checkerboard is visible light from Hubble, and the rest of the piece is infrared from JWST. Tucson: you can see 3 of my paintings at the Art of Planetary Science show starting Feb 27th 🐡🔭🧪

I finally got one of those weird scam texts & knew exactly what to do 😆

Last chance! Prints disappear tonight at midnight MST. And thank you so much to everyone who grabbed one. I was surprised some people ordered both! They will look awesome together 🤗

When I say I create scientific art I mean I’m over here painting 1364 stars by hand as accurately as possible 😅

I saw my favorite hummingbird species in the yard, which means it’s going to be a great day 😎 (broad-billed hummingbird)

I have a predicament! I submitted an unfinished painting to an art show. It was accepted. Yay! BUT I’m not going to finish the piece before the show like I thought. Oops. Do I pull it from the show or let it stay in? 😳

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

Binary Star xkcd.com/3203/

Cat’s Paw Nebula is almost finished! Very excited to share it with you soooooon 🐡

Has anyone else broken their cuboid bone before? It’s a pretty rare bone to break in your foot. I am just curious because some days my foot feels very…crunchy when I walk and wonder if other people experience that too lol

Someone commented on one of my painting videos asking me what colors I used to make something. Girl idk, I have literally hundreds of colors of paint & I’m always custom mixing more. I can teach you about planetary astronomy, but I am very much not an art teacher! You can buy my art though 😆

New shape: small jar ✨

4 days left if you’d like a print of my crystal paintings! ☺️

There’s a lot of crap that has flowed into the harbour from recent rain, but my little Stingray friend is back and happily enjoying feeding in the shallows near our place this morning. It’s so darn cute. (excuse the stupid leaf blowers in the background)

hahaha you can’t make this shit up. People see my picture & the word “art” in my profile & immediately assume idk what I’m talking about 🙃. Look at the difference in comments left 2 min apart—one on my friend Andrew’s post, then one on mine. NASA’s post had been live for 1 hour when I shared btw

The Artemis II mission around the Moon is postponed. During the dress rehearsal today, there were some technical issues with audio communications & a fuel leak. Safety first! March is now the earliest possible launch. 🫡

painted 285 stars today 🫩

a thing I painted & things I will paint in the future

I need an adhd person’s guide to the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show. I’ve always wanted to go, but I get totally overwhelmed with decision paralysis because it’s not in one place

Made sure not to promo or talk about my update yesterday, but today we are back at it! One week left if you’d like a print of a Celestial Crystal. 🤗 These are a little different from my normal nebulae & planets. Hope to expand my space art, pushing my skills & creativity.

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A moment from the doomscrolling. Last April my husband bought us tickets to Stardew Valley Symphony of Seasons. The show was yesterday. I’ve seen a lot of bands live: Linkin Park, Muse, 311, RHCP, Incubus, etc. Never an orchestra though. Nothing prepared me for how beautiful and moving it was. 🌾

Or how about this headline — “American citizen arrested without cause after exercising his Constitutional rights.” Very important that government propaganda not become the default framing.

A few months ago they let me walk around the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex at night. Don't know if it was the desert rain, watching skyscraper-sized antennas swivel to catch signals from beyond Saturn, or just my fillings buzzing from the radio signals, but I had goosebumps all night.

Yes, yes it would. Every dollar matters to a small business. It’s just me working my ass off 6-7 days a week trying to put some good out there. Direct your anger to a billion-dollar company, not the small businesses living paycheck to paycheck.

I just saw some posts about an economic blackout Friday, and oh no. I just opened my shop for the first time this year. As a small business, I can’t close it tomorrow I’m sorry 😔. I planned this a couple months in advance & it’s only open for 10 days.

Do you like shiny things, astronomy, and art created by humans? Celestial Crystal prints are now available for a limited time! ⭐️🌙 #SpaceArt stellerarts.com/pages/celest...

My celestial crystal paintings sold in less than 5 minutes today 🥹. I was really doubting myself because although they’re pretty, they’re also quite different from my normal art. Gives me hope for all the random space-themed paintings I have planned this year!

Last chance to join my email list for today’s shop update! stellerarts.com/pages/celest...

First shop update of 2026 is tomorrow! Emails will go out at 2pm MST. I finished these in Nov, but it takes time to have my pieces photographed, test prints, & website set up. I plan these print drops way in advance. Sorry about the unfortunate timing 🫤. At least I can spread a little sparkle ✨

They are too happy together to split up! Celestial Crystal paintings available on Wednesday, Jan. 28th 2pm MST. The originals will be sold together, but I’ll have individual prints ⭐️🌙 stellerarts.com/pages/celest...