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When the Universe was but a Child

August 31, 2009 on 2:00 pm | In Science, Science Fiction Art, Space Art | Comments Off

When the Universe was but a Child -2009

Have you ever imagined what the universe looked like when it was very young? Just about the time when the immense clouds of hydrogen had cooled to a fair degree and the earliest stars were just coming to life to light up the darkness.

Here on Earth visual artists like myself were the original storytellers beginning roughly 35,000 years ago upon the walls of caves. Thus to me this is a perfect subject for a space artwork! To tell the story of a time many billions of years ago when the universe was in it’s infancy. A time of great mystery in which the universe herself did not know what would come from the chaos.

My art is often a visual exploration of the things I study in subjects like astronomy & physics as well as other fields of science. Exploring things visually helps my mind to grasp such concepts and to express what is awakened within me. Perhaps time will tell that even a disabled artist such as myself has much to offer this world. I have had many young people already tell me that they are inspired by my work so one of my hopes is that perhaps it will help inspire young minds with a passion to understand the world and universe in which we live. For when the imagination is awakened then soon comes a desire to learn. It is why I think of Imagination as the first step upon the path of enlightenment.

The Original will be available at
the Imagicon Art Show – May 21 – 23, 2010.

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Science art, SciFi art and Space art by Randall Klopping
I may be disabled and stuck in a bed
but the Universe is my playground!

Peering into the World of Physics

August 30, 2009 on 12:00 pm | In Science, The Cosmos | Comments Off

Quantum Calculations -2008

Physics in the simplest terms is the science of energy, force, matter and motion. Yet in reality it is one of the most complex fields of science both for the sheer volume of which nature involves and the complicated task of testing many of the theories developed.

One of the websites that I have enjoyed when I have time to browse and read there is called Quantum Diaries. It was originally launched in 2005 in celebration of the World Year of Physics and has returned a short time back. The contributors represent a broad spectrum of physicists from around the world and their entries are not only about their research and finding, but also things like the challenges they face, as well as aspects of their personal life such as hobbies, interests and even family life. It is a fascinating look into science that you often won’t find elsewhere.

As with so many before me the surrounding world and the heavens above have always fascinated me. It has led me to study such things as physics so that I may understand it better. Things like Science Fiction books, movies and shows inspired new things to study until somewhere over the years it truly became a passion. It has led to many inspirations in another passion of mine, my art.

I have done three artworks to date with the intent of representing my passion for physics. The first, Quantum Calculations, you can think of as my Ode to Physics. The Second, Inner Workings of the Universe, is how I think of the hard science fields. And the third, Unraveling the Secrets of the Universe, is how I think of the theoretical side.

Inner Workings of the Universe -2008

Unraveling the Secrets of the Universe -2009

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Science art, SciFi art and Space art by Randall Klopping
I may be disabled and stuck in a bed
but the Universe is my playground!

Where Stars are Born

August 28, 2009 on 3:48 pm | In Science Fiction Art, Space Art | Comments Off

Where Stars are Born -2009

Altering the normal design of fractals to create an illusion of a nebula is a particularly interesting challenge. It took me a lot of time and experimentation to figure out how to mathematically design an abstract nature for the clouds. This beautiful emerald stellar nursery took just over 120 hours to design and render the fractals and weave them together to form this fractal illusion.

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Additional note (July 7, 2010) – I always laugh when I read an article of a new discovery that ironically fits one of my artworks. Read this one – “Newborn Stars Discovered in Dark Cosmic Cloud”

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“I may be disabled and stuck in a bed but I make the Universe my playground! My hope is that my work will find a home on your walls and inspire your imagination.”

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Particle Collisions -2009

August 27, 2009 on 8:21 am | In Science, The Cosmos | Comments Off

“The strength and weakness of physicists is that we believe in what we can measure. And if we can’t measure it, then we say it probably doesn’t exist. And that closes us off to an enormous amount of phenomena that we may not be able to measure because they only happened once. For example, the Big Bang. … That’s one reason why they scoffed at higher dimensions for so many years. Now we realize that there’s no alternative…” Michio Kaku

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Have you ever wondered what it would look like to peer inside an experiment like the Large Hadron Collider (CERN)?

Me too! So I decided to do a little fractal exploration as I often like doing with science.

Particle Collisions - copyright Randall Klopping 2009

Particle Collisions -2009

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Science art, SciFi art and Space art
by visual artist Randall Klopping

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“I may be disabled and stuck in a bed but I make the Universe my playground! My hope is that my work will find a home on your walls and inspire your imagination.”

These artworks that I create are my hard work toward overcoming my disabilities and earning money to rebuild my life. I offer many of my works as art prints and products such as custom business cards, customizable greeting cards, mugs, shirts, caps, ties and more through my Zazzle Store.

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35,000 Years in the Making

August 26, 2009 on 8:05 pm | In Science, Science Fiction Art, Space Art | Comments Off

Near Verona, Italy inside the Fumane Cave in the Lessini Hills, Researchers not long ago discovered images painted on the wall that dated back some 35,000 years. “They are probably the oldest cave paintings, although we cannot affirm that with scientific certainty,” said Professor Alberto Broglio, who teaches paleontology at the University of Ferrara. – (source- Oldest Cave Painting)

Art has truly been around for a long time and there have certainly been a great many innovation’s, experimentation’s, exploration’s, abstraction’s and more than a few masterpiece’s that have stolen the hearts of others for thousands of years. It is what an artist seeks to do, we seek to express unto others our passions, the explorations of our own mind and soul, in such a way as to captivate others and inspire them to understand.

It is an ever evolving, expanding as new mixes with old, that which is treasured, that which is sold. Generation by generation, fabulous wonders are revealed, each bearing a bit of the soul of it’s creator. It matters not in truth, the tool by which it was created; for it is the path of enlightenment that things will change. Each true artist that masters that which is within them will find a way by which to create and the will always be new tools. This is the way of the Universe and that is my favorite playground.

The future is the inspiration of my art series, Sculptures of Light. As science and technology advance the tools with which artists will have to work with will become more advanced. I envision a time when we, or other advanced races that may exist in the universe, will have the ability to utilize force fields to contain and shape dust or metallic particles that a series of lasers can then play upon to form huge sculptures out in space.

When my mother passed away last year the first artwork I did was for this series and if the technology existed today it would have been mine to honor her memory. Celestial Sculpture – Faith Hope and Love was the best way I could think of as her faith was a great part of her life.

Celestial Sculpture – Faith Hope and Love -2009

There are many paths in which such an art form could take!

Imagine a time when artificial wormholes can be created to allow tourism to wondrous places such as the Doradus Nebula. As your ship rounds that last bend of the wormhole you see what appears to be the head of a huge being of energy looking up into the passage as if to study you as your ship approaches the exit. This is the illusion I imagined when I created the two artworks below.

Wormhole Exit – Tal Doradus -2008

The Mask of Tal Doradus -2007

Imagine creating an artificial nebula. A wonderful place for lovers to explore with many nooks and crannies where they can park and become lost in the beauty together, perhaps the lover’s lane of the future.

The Dragons Tooth Nebula -2008

Science is already becoming a part of the future of art. Tom Shannon’s anti-gravity sculpture is an excellent example of an artist already applying this in his work.

The movie and television industry has used science and technology to make great advances in the entertainment so many of us watch. And yet one thing baffles me! In all those great movies and shows, they seem to have forgotten that new forms and styles of art would also have evolved and while they often represent the traditional art forms as part of the future, I can’t think of a single one that has represented what new forms of art might exist in the future. But then stuck in a bed and too poor to afford cable or satellite I have missed many movies and shows… LOL

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Additional note – June 2010
As you can see with the date of this post and of the artworks, what I envisioned would become an new art form is already taking its birth steps. Disney has spent $75 million dollars developing a new show based in essence on someone having the same basic idea I had. I didn’t have anywhere near that kind of money to develop the idea but despite all the hardships & problems I face with multiple disabilities I too have invented a new art style, Fractal Illusions.

New York Times
Disney Hopes Wall of Water Will Revive Theme Park

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Science art, SciFi art and Space art
by visual artist Randall Klopping

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“I may be disabled and stuck in a bed but I make the Universe my playground! My hope is that my work will find a home on your walls and inspire your imagination.”

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Due to spammers I generally keep the comments disabled here. If you’d like to comment, ask a question or follow my work, visit me on Twitter or on my Visual Artist page at Facebook

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Sculpting the Universe -2009

August 24, 2009 on 9:57 am | In Science Fiction Art | Comments Off

Sculpting the Universe -2009

A fractal illusion of a series of wormholes depositing hydrogen and other materials for the construction of a new nebula.

Sculpting the Universe -2009 Mug
by Randall Klopping

SciFi art and Space art by Randall Klopping
I may be disabled and stuck in a bed
but the Universe is my playground!

In the Death of a Star -2009

August 22, 2009 on 12:41 pm | In Space Art | Comments Off

In the Death of a Star -2009

I enjoy the challenge of mimicking the universe in fractal. This fractal illusion is of the remnants of a dead star that went supernova hundreds of years ago amidst an open cluster of supermassive stars.

The artworks that you see here on my blog and on my Visual Artist page at Facebook are my hard work toward contributing to society and earning money to rebuild my life. I offer many of my works as art prints and products such as custom business cards, customizable greeting cards, mugs, shirts, caps, ties and more through my Zazzle Store. I am still working on my store but have quite a few items available and if you don’t see the artwork your looking for set up yet, just click on the “Send Message” link in the right hand column of my store and let me know which artwork(s) you would like set up on which product(s).

SciFi art and Space art by Randall Klopping
I may be disabled and stuck in a bed
but the Universe is my playground!

Mimicking the Universe in Fractal

August 20, 2009 on 6:24 pm | In Space Art | Comments Off

Several years ago I had obtained permission from NASA’s copyright office to use Hubble Space Telescope imagery commercially so that I could paint recreations of some of my favorites and use some as reference to paint as backgrounds for some of my artworks. Digitally painting the recreations is the only time that I use a grid overlay to ensure accuracy of the recreations and in doing so I began to realize just how much the patterns I was painting in essence bore a familiarity with fractals. So I began exploring a means of adjusting my fractal design calculations to mimic the chaos and order we observe in the universe.

I often mix both digital painting and fractal to weave my illusions, though as I’ve developed and honed new fractal design techniques so that I can do more that are entirely fractal. Necessity is truly the mother of invention and overcoming my disabilities through art has led to a unique style I’m finding many people like.