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“Galactic Keep©1979/2009 Michael C. Turner ~ Galactic Visions Space Art
*This is another of my “vintage” traditional acrylic, using bristle brush, paintings on a large (48” x 72" ) stretched canvas.
A galactic cluster of satellite galaxies and star birthing nebulae are viewed from the surface of one of the multiple lunar companions of a ringed planet.
May All Your Visions Be Galactic Visions ~ Michael C. Turner
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Greetings,
I am pleased you like this painting. Thank you for adding it to you favorites.
Best regards,
Michael C. Turner
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Greetings,
Thank you so very mcuh for adding my "Galactic Keep" to your favorites and for your kind comment.
Best regards,
Michael C. Turner
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Stunning! The 'rays' are amazing! How did you get such a beautfiul effect? I've always loved space...I've always loved art... It took me long enough to stitch one and two together!
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Greetings,
Thank you for your compliment. I hand painted everything using bristle brushes and acrylic. Outside of experience and time, I made use of the basic art concepts of contrast, lighting, color, tone, etc. to obtain all of the effects. The smallest details were painted with tiny bristle( camel hair) brushes one by one so this took over 100 hours to create.
Best regards,
Michael C. Turner
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Greetings,
Thank you for visiting my gallery again and adding my "Galactic Keep" to your favorites.
Best regards,
Michael C. Turner
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That looks so cool. I always figure I get so detail oriented and then I look at your works and find that I still need to learn more patience to even get it that close.
I've been wondering. All of these are imaginary, right? Do you use any references at all when you make these?
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Greetings,
Thank you for adding "Galactic Keep" to your favorites and y our positive comments. I painted this 30 years ago and well before the advent of modern astrophotography or the Hubble Space Telescope . . . and yet I affirm that these are not imaginary as such vistas are indeed very probable in the Universe even based upon the limited contemporary scientific facts and projected theories . . . or more simply, my paintings are based upon creative interpretation of scientific probability.
Kind regards,
Michael C. Turner
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But the point I'm trying to make is that you think of the placement of the light sources and rock formations yourself without the use of photographs or other visual things to refer to for the light logic or how the rocks might look in space. Right? You just use what knowledge you have about it and build off from there?
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Greetings,
You are obviously a very reflective person and I appreciate your comments. Yes, you are absolutely correct. I have done this so long that it has become as natural a breathing and therefore rarely make physical reference to any photographs or other physical representations. I do create the scenes mentally prior to representing them on canvas and/or digitally and yet, they also take on life as I create them. I didn't intend to give the impression that I do not use my imagination or artist's eye when creating art for that would exclude the true spirit of art. Actually my images are "visions" of space and thus my professional name and icon of Galactic Visions Space Art. My primary mission for creating and sharing these images is to help others see the marvelous mysteries of The Creator’s wondrous universe. These are real places to me, at least from a spiritual perspective, and that is why I do not consider them fantasy or imaginary as such places assuredly exist in this or some other parallel universe in the multi-verse . . .
My best,
Michael C. Turner
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That's well said. And to think that some scientists think that all this came about by an accident or something. Everything in the world and in the universe works so well together, it's rather absurd to think that it all just fell into place by coincidence. You're paintings DO have a certain life about them that photographs even from the Hubble telescope just don't have. That's probably one of the main reasons why I like them so much.
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Greetings,
Thank you for your kind words. *Yes, unfortunately some scientists and lay people alike have a rather narrow and most "unscientific" mentality regarding the creation of the Universe . . . They passionately defend the ignorant concept that the ordered Universe is simply a coincidence of a chance phenomenon, generally called "The Big Bang" and yet at the same time they insist that science is a logical and orderly discipline. They might as well say that a computer, or any other creation of sentient beings, is from a random explosion rather than by reflective intellects . . . The Universe is not an accident and it wondrously displays The Creator's infinite mind in beautifully diverse and mysterious manifestations . . .
My best,
Michael C. Turner
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someday, I want to see your work as illustrations in a sci-fy book, my friend
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Greetings my dear friend,
Thank you for adding my "Galactic Keep" to your favorites and for your very kind comment. I suppose my art could be classified as either science fiction or science probability. I painted "Galactic Keep" 30 years ago and well before the advent of modern astrophotography or the Hubble Space Telescope. The scenes in my paintings are not fictional as such vistas are indeed very probable in the Universe even based upon the limited contemporary scientific facts and projected theories. Actually my paintings are based upon creative interpretation of scientific probability. Although some of my art has been published individually, I have not yet published an anthology. I usually exhibit in science centers/museums or art galleries. Most of my art is commissioned privately and I remain rather engaged with the same so I do not actively seek a mass public market. I am a member of the IAAA (International Association of Astronomical Artists) and am classified as an astronomical space artist rather than a science fiction artist. I do love science fiction and the related art although I am not a science fiction artist by profession. I have considered publishing my art in an anthology and possibly an illustrated novel and I sincerely appreciate your compliment in suggesting the same.
Warmest regards,
Michael C. Turner
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Greetings,
Thank you for the positive comment. I appreicate your support.
Kind regards,
Michael C. Turner
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Greetings,
Thank you for your kind comment.
Best regards,
Michael C. Turner
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You're most welcome. I love things like this.
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Critique not desired? what in the world does that mean? Oh wiat i know. But i can still comment. Awsome artwork, I still don't know how people paint.
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Greetings,
Thank your for taking the time to comment. I am pleased you like this painting.
Best regards,
Michael C. Turner
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