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Oregon visual artist, focused on abstract painting of the Unphotographable. Keen on mountains, astronomy, and cartography.

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This is a bit of a stylistic branch from previous panpsychism paintings as well as from my newer exoplanet series. I’m not sure why I went down this direction but it started feeling cohesive after a lot of trial and error.

30.10.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
ALT TEXT: Painting with purple, cyan, orange and blue brush strokes

ALT TEXT: Painting with purple, cyan, orange and blue brush strokes

β€œMountains of the collective mind”

Β© Copyright 2025 by Erik Goetze

This is part of my panpsychism series. Panpsychism posits that all things have a quality of consciousness or awareness.
#art #abstractart #abstract #panpyschism #painters #painting

30.10.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t use AI tools to make my art. And AI tools do not have permission to train on or assimilate my art.

I have been using the same digital painting app since 1999.

27.10.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Art in this series does not mimic photographic-style representations you may see in articles on exoplanets. Rather I aim for the unphotographable: an impression, a dream-like sensation, an abstract mental panorama of conditions or geography on the exoplanet.

27.10.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ross 128 b is an Earth-sized, rocky exoplanet that orbits within the habitable zone of star Ross 128. It’s the second closest exoplanet to the Earth only after Proxima Centauri b and it’s located 11 light years in the constellation of Virgo.

27.10.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Painting with purple, yellow, orange brush strokes

Painting with purple, yellow, orange brush strokes

β€œA thousand kinds of silence in the southern desert of Ross 128b”

Β© Copyright 2025 by Erik Goetze

Part of my β€œExoplanet” series

See replies for info.

Inspired by wondering about the billions of planets in the Milky Way.

#art #abstractart #abstract #exoplanet #astronomy #painters #painting

27.10.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Typo: this exoplanet weighs about 2 earth masses.

23.10.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t use AI tools to make my art. And AI tools do not have permission to train on or assimilate my art.

23.10.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Humans exploring this exoplanet may be subject to extreme forces and atmospheric conditions like ionizing radiation. I wanted to try to imagine what it's like to be there.

Art in this series does not mimic photographic-style representations you may see in articles on exoplanets.

23.10.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gliese 3323 b is 17.5 light years from the Earth in the constellation of Eridanus. It weighs about 1 earth masses, thought to be a borderline habitable rocky planet, while a year there is 5.4 days long and it’s very close to its small sun.

23.10.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Painting with blue, black, orange, brown and yellow strokes in a hybrid watercolor / brush method.

Painting with blue, black, orange, brown and yellow strokes in a hybrid watercolor / brush method.

β€œSuspended in the plasma envelope on Gliese 3323 b”

Β© Copyright 2025 by Erik Goetze

Part of my β€œExoplanet” series.

Read following replies for more info.

#art #abstractart #abstract #exoplanet #astronomy #painters #painting

23.10.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So lovely

23.10.2025 05:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Such an interesting look, I'm surprised that is a photograph.

20.10.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have been using the same digital painting app since 1999.

20.10.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Art in this series does not mimic photographic-style representations you may see in articles on exoplanets. Rather I aim for the unphotographable: an impression, a dream-like sensation, an abstract mental panorama of conditions or geography on the exoplanet.

20.10.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We hear of many anomalies in spacecraft launches, and sometimes during missions like Apollo 13. But unforeseen problems can crop up during descents and landings as well, especially if the journey takes decades and the spacecraft ages a lot.

20.10.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Kepler-1473 b is a super Earth exoplanet that orbits an F-type star 2,039 light years away, discovered in 2016. Its mass is 1.81 Earths, and takes 14.4 days to complete one orbit of its star.

20.10.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Painting with much orange, blue, black colors.

Painting with much orange, blue, black colors.

β€œSpace anomaly on descent to Kepler 1473 f”

Β© Copyright 2025 by Erik Goetze

Part of my β€œExoplanet” series.

I don’t use AI tools to make my art. And AI tools do not have permission to train on or assimilate my art.

#art #abstractart #abstract #exoplanet #astronomy #space

20.10.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Art in this series does not mimic photographic-style representations you may see in articles on exoplanets. Rather I aim for the unphotographable: an impression, a dream-like sensation, an abstract mental panorama of conditions or geography on the exoplanet.

13.10.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The title came to me after making and then studying this painting quite a bit. The title raises a lot of questions, like why did humans or their robotic agents land on LP 791-18 d and what made them try to get to the equator. And so on. I like the negative space that gives things a place to breathe.

13.10.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Due to the gravitational pull from a more massive planet, this planet could undergo volcanic outbursts as often as Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanically active body in our solar system.

13.10.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

LP 791-18 d is a potentially rocky world, a similar size and mass as Earth, and is about 90 light-years away from us. It is a super Earth exoplanet that orbits an M-type star, it takes 2.8 days to complete one orbit of its star.

13.10.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A painting with many swaths of orange, red, and dark gray

A painting with many swaths of orange, red, and dark gray

β€œLava divagation problem on the way to the equator of LP 791-18 d”

Β© Copyright 2025 by Erik Goetze

Part of my β€œExoplanet” series.

I don’t use AI tools to make my art. AI tools don’t have permission to train on or assimilate my art.

#art #abstractart #abstract #exoplanet #astronomy #space

13.10.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Art in this series does not mimic photographic-style representations you may see in articles on exoplanets. Rather I aim for the unphotographable: an impression, a dream-like sensation, an abstract mental panorama of conditions or geography on the exoplanet.

11.10.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

GJ 1002 c is a super Earth exoplanet that orbits an M-type star. A potentially rocky world, within the conservatively defined habitable zone. It has a mass of 1.36 Earths, & takes 21.2 days to complete one orbit of its star.

11.10.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The motivation for some humans who leave on the first inter-steller voyage to an exoplanet might be the sense that they are not of this place (the modern world). What I wanted to explore is what happens when they arrive at an exoplanet and then don’t feel like they belong there either.

11.10.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
An abstract painting with red, green, yellow, orange, pink and blue colors.

An abstract painting with red, green, yellow, orange, pink and blue colors.

β€œNot of this planet either (GJ 1002 c)”
Β© Copyright 2025 by Erik Goetze

Part of my β€œExoplanet” series.

I don’t use AI tools to make my art. And AI tools do not have permission to train on or assimilate my art.

#art
#abstractart
#abstract
#exoplanet
#astronomy

11.10.2025 01:44 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Inspired by some of the amazing images of gravitational lensing that makes profoundly far away galaxies more visible. And also gravastars. Gravity is an immensely powerful force throughout the universe, like a god.

02.10.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Painting with blue, yellow, red, orange, black, and brown elements.

Painting with blue, yellow, red, orange, black, and brown elements.

β€œGravity the unseeing goddess of exoplanetsβ€œ
Β© Copyright 2025 by Erik Goetze

Part of my β€œExoplanet” series.

I don’t use AI tools to make my art. AI tools don’t have permission to train on or assimilate my art.

#art
#geography
#abstract
#exoplanet
#astronomy

02.10.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Will people launch expeditions to closeby stars like HD 20794?

HD 20794 D is one of the best potentially habitable exoplanets found so far. What might the travelers find there? What problems from earth will affect the first humans to visit this intriguing planet?

28.09.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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