Blind Boys Investigating an Astronomical Model

Work in progress today.

Blind Boys Discovering the Solar System

Work in progress.

Blind Boys Discovering the Solar System

Painting in progress today.

Blind Boys Discovering the Solar System

Work in progress

Clyde W. Tombaugh and His Telescope

Clyde W. Tombaugh and His Telescope. Original 8" x 10" acrylic painting on acid-free paper.
Clyde W. Tombaugh, American astronomer, discoverer of Pluto, on his family's farm in 1928 with his homemade telescope. By Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler

Clyde Tombaugh and His Telescope

Work in progress. (February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997)  Clyde Tombaugh was an American astronomer best known for discovering Pluto. This portrait is inspired by a 1928 photograph of Clyde at his family's farm with his homemade telescope.

Clyde Tombaugh and his Telescope

(February 4, 1906 – January 17, 1997)  Clyde Tombaugh was an American astronomer best known for discovering Pluto. This portrait is inspired by a 1928 photograph of Clyde at his family's farm with his homemade telescope.

The Astronomer

The Astronomer. Original painting 8" x 10" acrylic on acid-free paper by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.
Inspired by a photograph of Dr. David Peck Todd, a noted American astronomer. He produced a complete set of photographs of the 1882 transit of Venus.

The painting does not contain the black bars or the "My Good Babushka" watermark, which were included here for formatting and security purposes.

The Comfortable Astronomer

Painting in progress today.

The Comfortable Astronomer

The Comfortable Astronomer

Work in progress, using a palette with the blue left off. I do that a lot. I just like it that way.

The Comfortable Astronomer

Painting in progress today.

The Comfortable Astronomer

Work in progress today.

Standing Guard at the Moon

Standing Guard at the Moon. by Julie Kwiatkowski Schuler.

Firedrake, Shooting Star, Meteorite, Aereolite

I've settled on the title "Shooting Star" because I feel it's the most accessible, even though I truly love the esoteric names better.

Original painted illustration 9" x 12" acrylic on acid free paper.

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Firedrake, Shooting Star, Meteor

The rather long, gangly man is reaching out of his impossibly small house towards the celestial phenomenon, which doesn't seem to notice him, as is proper for so heavenly a being. They don't consort with low, terrestrial things, after all. I like the idea that the house is small and barely sufficient, that the man is long and stretching out, and striving. That's what learning is about, and that's how learning feels. I filled the foreground with piles of hydrangea. Their blue and purple color makes me think of night.

Firedrake, Aereolite, Shooting Star

Working on my Firedrake, Meteor, or Shooting Star painting. I wanted the meteor to be represented as a sentient being, along the order of medieval saints. Looking upward, somewhat disinterested, concerned only with things celestial. I gave it two pupils to get a nice otherworldly effect. Doing that reminded me of the double vision cast iron bottle openers I sometimes see at antique and flea markets. If you haven't seen any, look one up. They're often sold on Ebay.

Firedrake

Painting continues on my Firedrake illustration. A dramatization of an encounter with a meteorite when such things were misunderstood. I am trying to give my shooting star an ethereal and disinterested countenance, something like the face of a saint in a medieval painting.