http://www.light-and-illusion.com/space-art-science-fiction-art Unique Visions of Science Fiction & Space - fine art by Randall Klopping Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:08:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of my favorite passions is theoretical physics and I love to explore its concepts in my art. It all began with a topic in Dr. Michio Kaku’s science forum, known as HYPERSPACE. Do You Believe in Time Travel? My mind was already upon the subject of time, due to ... http://www.light-and-illusion.com/space-art-science-fiction-art/2008/03/20/do-you-believe-in-time-travel/ 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 ... http://www.light-and-illusion.com/space-art-science-fiction-art/2008/02/27/thirty-five-thousand-years-in-the-making/ The concept of a spacial rift (spatial rift others call it), essentially a tear in the fabric of space & time, has always fascinated me. It does however seem to be that one subject that I cannot find any real scientific theories on. I have searched and searched, only to ... http://www.light-and-illusion.com/space-art-science-fiction-art/2008/02/26/spacial-rifts/ "The Mayan calendar comes to an end on Sunday, December 23, 2012. Only a few people will survive the catastrophe that ensues." [photopress:Wormhole_Storm__08212007.jpg,thumb,pp_image] NO! I don’t believe in such predictions… LOL Yet in the world of imagination & art, concepts like the Mayan’s prediction and “Wormhole weapons” (SciFi Channel’s ... http://www.light-and-illusion.com/space-art-science-fiction-art/2007/08/21/did-the-mayan%e2%80%99s-predict-wormholes-scifi/ This is something that I started a while back and then had several things happen. I have begun to work on the blog again and wanted to let people know about it. The Missed Works - http://disabledartists.blogspot.com/ If you are a disabled artist and would like to show ... http://www.light-and-illusion.com/space-art-science-fiction-art/2007/08/20/an-art-blog-for-disabled-artists-to-show-their-work/ [photopress:The_Colorful_Demise_of_a_Sun_like_Star.jpg,thumb,pp_image] This print of the Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star is an enlarged artistic manipulation of the original image captured by the NASA. This particular Hubble shot is one that had great influence & inspiration in my fractal illusions of Space & Science Fiction (Heavy on the fiction... ... http://www.light-and-illusion.com/space-art-science-fiction-art/2007/08/19/the-colorful-demise-of-a-sun-like-star-artistic-version/ [photopress:Point_of_Impact.jpg,thumb,pp_image] The inspiration behind this fractal abstraction art piece is the July 1994 impact of comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 with the planet Jupiter. 48.0" x 36.0" Print on PremierArt Canvas, Gallery Wrap: unframed - (for those unfamiliar with the term Gallery Wrap, the outer edge wraps around the bars with no visiable staples. ... http://www.light-and-illusion.com/space-art-science-fiction-art/2007/08/18/point-of-impact-by-r-klopping/ These are a few of my favorite art pieces, offered as original prints. With exception to one (stated in description) no other prints are offered of these artworks. (Click on images to see larger version, click again and will show you full sized thumb) [photopress:Super_Rupture__08172007.jpg,thumb,pp_image] Super-Rupture of Wormhole-AR81707 30.0" x 48.0" Print ... http://www.light-and-illusion.com/space-art-science-fiction-art/2007/08/17/original-fine-art-prints-%e2%80%93-by-r-klopping/ [photopress:Abstraction_of__08162007.jpg,thumb,pp_image] It is a good thing that a person cannot alter space & time with a mere thought. For were it possible, I would take the universe about me, twisting & folding it into an endless shifting maze to confuse those who would wish to seek me out to ... http://www.light-and-illusion.com/space-art-science-fiction-art/2007/08/17/an-abstraction-of-symmetry-seclusion/ [photopress:Reflections_of_the_Storm.jpg,thumb,pp_image] Yesterday was a very frustrating day with two of my designs failing to render (one of the problems that comes with having to use freeware software). I debated last night whether to even try to render this piece, which was to be the third in a three matching piece ... http://www.light-and-illusion.com/space-art-science-fiction-art/2007/08/16/out-of-frustration-comes-beauty/