Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 19/08/2026...It has a way of making us feel more connected, more likely to engage in prosocial behaviors, and feel less burdened by our personal problems, which also feel smaller. It can be a helpful reset from stress to experience the cosmic perspective and connect with something larger than ourselves. 060
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 19/08/20268x6in New tiny painting on EveryDayOriginal.com tomorrow, 8/20. The experience of awe when contemplating the scale of the universe often creates what researchers call the “small self” effect. A psychological state of feeling small, but exhilarated, that reminds us to think outside of ourselves. 2287
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Detail of a new tiny painting coming to EveryDayOriginal.com this Thursday, Aug 20th! This image represents about 4 inches in height of the actual painting. 0277
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 15/07/2026"...In this sense, and only this sense, I am a deeply religious man... I am satisfied with the mystery of life's eternity and with a knowledge, a sense, of the marvelous structure of reality..." -Albert Einstein, The World As I See It 031
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 15/07/2026A Glimpse of the Mysterious 9 x 12 inches, Oil, 2019 ”The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science." -Albert Einstein, The World As I See It Prints: robrey.storenvy.com 412426
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 17/06/2026We are not the same particles from week to week. Our atoms pass through us as cells are replaced, energy is taken in, and waste released. We have been the sea, we have been the wind and the trees, and for a moment, the universe getting a chance to open its eyes and experience the wonder of itself. 060
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 17/06/2026We are part of the universe, made of trillions of atomic bits of star dust that, through a process of 13.8 billion years of cosmic evolution, have become conscious and able to understand the universe. 160
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Cosmic Awareness 30x24 in, 2022 An allegorical figure representing humanity waking up to the vastness of the universe in which we live. “We are a way for the cosmos to know itself” -Carl Sagan Prints: robrey.storenvy.com 330665
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 03/06/2026... and on the comets and asteroids that our spacecraft have visited. From simple hydrogen and helium created in the Big Bang, the stars have fused the elements and bonded them into the complex molecules necessary for biology over billions of years. The cosmos seems to be primed for life. 030
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Understanding who we are in the universe involves understanding where we come from. How did life begin? We find that the building blocks from which life likely formed, organic (carbon containing) molecules and amino acids, are everywhere in space. In swirling clouds of gas and dust... 120
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Dust of Life Oil, 24 x 18 inches This painting and its preliminary study are part of the third annual Character in Context show. The largest exhibition of original illustration in the Western U.S. opening this Friday, June 5th at the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art in Trinidad, Colorado. 26012
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Evolution tells us about our history and that informs our understanding of who we are. Having originated in a common single-celled ancestor, from bacteria to trees, reptiles to mammals, all life on earth is one very old and very large family. 160
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Trilobites were among the most successful of all early animals, existing in oceans for almost 270 million years. Though the process of evolution, life has flourished into the millions of amazing species we see around us on earth today, including ourselves. 010
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 19/05/2026A new tiny painting coming to @everydayoriginal.bsky.social tomorrow. Simple Beginnings 6x8 in, Oil "There is grandeur in this view of life ... from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved." - Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species 68623
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Detail of a new tiny painting coming to @everydayoriginal.bsky.social this Wednesday, 5/20! 0524
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 18/02/2026...In the time since then, your atoms have been part of many things: oceans and oaks, dinosaurs and dandelions, foxes and fireflies. One day they will move on, scattered and woven into many more incarnations before eventually returning to space in nebulous clouds to birth new stars. 050
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Return to the Stars 8x6in Friday on EveryDayOriginal.com Some of your atoms, mostly hydrogen, come from the beginning of the universe. Many more were created in the super novae of ancient dying stars. 16216
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Detail of a new tiny painting coming to everydayoriginal.com this Friday, 2/20. 0262
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Early philosophers used to believe we could understand the world simply by thinking about it, that what made sense to us must be true. But, Observation showed us that the universe often does not conform to our expectations or desires. 171
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Observation 24x20in, 2014 In science, Observation leads the way. We may not always like what we see, particularly if it runs against our cherished beliefs, but if we accept it with humility, we will find ourselves better able to confront the problems we face. Prints: robrey.storenvy.com 210319
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Human wellbeing benefits greatly from the experience and practice of gratitude. We don’t spend much time thinking about our magnetosphere, but it’s one of the many extraordinary things that make life possible on Earth. This can be reminder to take notice of other things we may be taking for granted. 180
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Luckily, movements within earths molten metal core generate a protective magnetic shield around our home planet. Without our magnetosphere to protect us, the solar wind may have long ago stripped away our atmosphere, leaving Earth looking much more like Mars looks today: barren, dry, and lifeless. 1121
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Magnetosphere, an allegory 30 x 24 in, Oil on panel, 2021, homage to Fumée D'Ambre Gris by John Singer Sargent. In addition to the warmth and light we receive daily, our sun expels a constant barrage of dangerous charged particles called the solar wind. Prints: robrey.storenvy.com 344594
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 04/12/2025A little light for the season's dark days, the light of life and the natural world. Bioluminescence : Altruism 16 x 12 in, Oil on panel, 2020 Prints available: robrey.storenvy.com 020166
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 25/11/2025In the face of daunting challenges the human capacity for reason provides a light of hope. Our abilities to understand the world around us through scientific methods and to develop new technology have made us the first species in Earth’s four and a half billion year history to bring life to the moon 070
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Flyby 16 x 12 in, oil on panel This painting also debuted, and sold, at the IX Art Show last month. Prints Available: robrey.storenvy.com The first step to landing on a new world is getting a closer look. 1529
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Nebulae 12 x 16 in, oil on panel A new painting from an earlier study, Nebulae debuted at the IX Art Show. It's now back and on my website, original and prints. robreyart.com 544191
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 16/10/2025If we were to visit either world, we would have a hard time breathing, among other problems, because at these temperatures even oxygen freezes to snow. 010
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 16/10/2025The most distant planet in our solar system experiences the strongest sustained winds - up to 1,300 miles per hour - over eight times faster than the winds of a Category 5 hurricane. Its largest moon, Triton, hosts the coldest known surface temperature: just 38 Kelvin (or -391°F). 010
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 16/10/2025The Winds of Neptune 24 x 18 in, Oil This new painting from an earlier study will be coming with me to the @ixarts.bsky.social Arts Show in Reading PA, next week! #cosmicperspective 4393
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Night Migration Oil, 30x20in, 2024 at @ixarts.bsky.social Art Show next month! In our night sky there is a dark band that runs through the Milky Way, known as the Great Rift. This darkness is where the stars of our galaxy are obscured by vast clouds of interstellar dust and geese … er, gas. 7499160
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 13/07/2025My last card for Magic: The Gathering's Edge of Eternities set has been posted. Filling this scene with all sorts of swirly, nebulous clouds was a great time. Fabled Passage Art Director: Zack Stella ___ Original painting available here: www.facebook.com/groups/mtgar... 221530
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Another card for Magic: The Gathering's Edge of Eternities set has just been posted! A bit of a different subject for me, but it was a good time creating this writhing soup of slivers. Art Director: Taylor Ingvarsson ___ Original painting available here: www.facebook.com/groups/mtgar... 516034
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Oil, 18x24in New for MtG, Edge of Eternities! It was a lot to fit into a card, but I enjoyed the opportunity to paint the black hole. Offers for the original painting are being heard until Thursday night. More info: www.facebook.com/groups/mtgar... #mtg #magicthegathering 122850
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Reaching Europa 18x24 in, Oil, 2015 An allegory of our scientific aspirations to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa. As the video below from NASA explains, Europa holds intriguing possibilites for finding life beyond Earth. NASA Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz9V... Prints: robrey.storenvy.com 7661161
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Fusion Lighting the Stars 18x24 in, Oil, 2020 Details 0231
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Fusion Lighting the Stars 18x24 in, Oil, 2020 Stars are a balance of two enormous forces: gravity and nuclear fusion. Much of their mass will be crushed, but in the process, many will fuse carbon, the other elements of life, and become parts of new solar systems. Prints: robrey.storenvy.com 522244
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Voyager Passing A Nebula 6x8 in, Oil On EveryDayOriginal.com tomorrow! Voyager's golden record is projected to last a BILLION years in space. How long is a billion years? In a billion years the continents of Earth would be so altered that we would not recognize the surface of our own planet. 310322
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Detail of a new tiny painting coming to EveryDayOriginal.com on Tuesday, 5/20! 0454
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Overview Oil, 24x24in, 2020 Happy Earth Day! The Overview Effect is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space. National boundaries vanish, encouraging a sense of unity with all of humanity and life on Earth. Prints: robrey.storenvy.com 113532
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Moon Lander 16x12in, Oil Character in Context, the largest exhibition of original illustration in the Western U.S. opening May 2! At the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art in Trinidad, CO, with several artists in attendance. Demonstrations, gallery talks on Saturday May 3! armitchellmuseum.com 18310
Rob Rey @robreyart.bsky.social · 20/03/2025I highly recommend checking out the animations of Drew Berry and WEHI to help visualize the amazing molecular processes happening inside you at all times. youtu.be/WFCvkkDSfIU?...youtu.beAnimations of unseeable biology | Drew Berry | TEDYouTube video by TED 010