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All my current paintings in progress are in their awkward/ugly phase lol, so here is one I did last October! A spooky star-forming region in the Eagle Nebula I named Leviathan’s Wake. I’ll bring back prints at the end of this month 🐉

Rectangular painting on easel of star-forming region in Eagle nebula that looks like a dragon or leviathan skeleton rising. Colors of the nebula are dark brown, orange, pink, and purple

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 01/10/2026

purple hair refreshed ✅ pollinator painting in progress 🌵

Painting in background on easel of a saguaro and desert landscape. I am sitting to the side of my painting My hair and one eye is visible.

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 29/09/2026

This is another one of my “trust me bro” paintings lol. It’s going to look weird to you for a while. But let me cook. This piece is about dark skies, pollinators, and the Sonoran desert!

16x20” oil painting on easel. Work in progress of foreground saguaro with background desert landscape and mountains. There are 9 horizontal rectangles in light blue increasing in size as you move to the bottom. The lower rectangles have darker blue paint mapping out/connecting the design

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 27/09/2026

There were 100 butterflies in my tree again today! I also saw a sun dog and had a fun time seeing Avengers Endgame Encore (check out my awesome Storm socks 😎)

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 24/09/2026

I am painting the latest JWST image with a fun twist! Science + art FTW. Here’s the first layer

Rectangular painting on easel of a nebula/star-forming region. Part of the piece is taped off in a grid

JWST image of star-forming region with yellow and blue. Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Kevin Luhman (PSU), Catarina Alves de Oliveira (ESA), Mahdi Zamani (ESA/Webb)

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 22/09/2026

Working on something ambitious yet awesome for a night sky + nature art show! First layer complete—blocking in colors on the saguaro 🌵 and Arizona sunset

16x20” painting on easel. A blooming saguaro is in the foreground with mountains, hills, and a vibrant sky at sunset. There are 9 horizontal rectangles that were taped off, so they are the blue under painting color. The rectangles start at the top of the piece and get larger approaching the bottom

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 19/09/2026

One of the best hummingbird photos I’ve taken! This Anna’s male posed for me while I was watching butterflies in my yard. 🦜

Hummingbird with pink head/gorget sitting on a branch with beak slightly open

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 19/09/2026

Oh my glob, it’s the largest grasshopper I’ve ever seen in my life! Horse lubber grasshopper #Arizona

Large black and yellow grasshopper 3.5” (9cm) long on a wall

Same grasshopper on the ground in some brush

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 18/09/2026

A moth has landed on my window & is watching me pack your orders 🥹

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 18/09/2026

My shop is open to everyone now! There is one mini painting left, some Artemis II mini prints, and Project Hail Mary prints ✨ stellerarts.com/collections/...

4x4” (10x10cm) painting of mallards under the Milky Way sitting on small easel next to mini succulent

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 15/09/2026

Just finished this painting! Light filtering through trees during a solar eclipse casts crescent shadows. This happens because the spaces between leaves functions like a bunch of pinhole cameras. ☀️

11x14” oil painting of a brick wall with orange and yellow crescent shadows. A pigeon is sitting in front of a hole in the wall looking up

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 14/09/2026

there was baby sonoran collared lizard on my porch today 🥹

Small lizard with black and white collar hiding behind a cart wheel

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 13/09/2026

my tiny painting of Erid, Rocky’s home planet from Project Hail Mary 💙 Prints & the original will be available this week! Shop update on Wednesday for email list, next day for the public stellerarts.com/pages/shop

4x4” mini painting on easel of blue ringed planet next to a fake succulent

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 12/09/2026

my painting of a blood Moon (total lunar eclipse)

Clay disk painted like an orange Moon during a lunar eclipse

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 10/09/2026

Hello?? That was so fast! They must have used the transporter. IT IS AMAZING

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 09/09/2026

Amaze amaze amaze. Tiny paintings for space nerds. Project Hail Mary and Artemis II mini print restock is in one week! stellerarts.com/pages/shop

Mini painting of Rocky in field of dandelions

Mini painting of Erid. A blue planet with rings

4 mini prints of my Project Hail Mary paintings

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 08/09/2026

Happy Star Trek Day! 🖖 Data is supervising me while I work on my solar eclipse crescent shadow painting

My studio with cardboard data behind my easel with a painting in progress on it of a brick wall, pigeon, and crescent shadows

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 08/09/2026

In the morning I will have to explain to my husband that I spent $150 on this Le Creuset Star Trek shuttlepod baking dish 😆

Screenshot of baking dish that looks like a shuttle pod

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 07/09/2026

Happy Monday! Please enjoy my tiny painting of Neptune

Clay disk painted like Neptune in my hand

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 05/09/2026

Butterfly explosion! There are at least 30 American snout butterflies in this palo verde tree 🤩

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 05/09/2026

last one for today, my tiny painting of Jupiter (from Juno data) If you love space, science, and art, you’re in the right place 🤓

Clay disk painted like Jupiter’s southern pole

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 04/09/2026

Oh geez, I did not expect my mini Moon to go viral! So for the rest of today I’ll share more of my mini planet & moon paintings tiny Saturns 🪐 + Hubble OPAL data

4 mini clay Saturns in my hand painted in vibrant colors

4 false color images of Saturn taken by Hubble

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 04/09/2026

Look at my tiny Moon painting! I photographed the Moon with my telescope, then used it as my reference

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 03/09/2026

painted tiny brick details all day, can’t feel my wrist, but it’s looking SO GOOD

Painting in progress of brick wall, crescent eclipse shadows, and pigeon

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 02/09/2026

All the crescents are mapped out! Adding more details to the top bricks and painting a layer on the pigeon tomorrow 😄

In progress painting of a brick wall with orange crescent shadows and the outline of a pigeon

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 01/09/2026

Light filters through gaps in the trees and casts crescent shadows during a solar eclipse. The space between the leaves function like a bunch of pinhole cameras. That’s what this painting will show! More work today on the brick and mapping out the crescents ☀️

Close up of oil painting of a brick wall with crescents in peach and the outline of a pigeon

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 28/08/2026

Look closely. See those peach-colored arcs on the brick? I started adding the solar eclipse crescent shadows! They will be more vibrant and all over ☀️ #SciArt

11x14” oil painting in progress on easel. A brick wall with faint peach shadows and the outline of a pigeon

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 26/08/2026

Channeling my inner Bob Ross today! I always paint with brushes, but I busted out the palette knife to work on this brick. Also trying not to melt because it is 109°F outside & like 80 in my house 🥵 And spoiler alert: the bird you see will be a pigeon!

Me in my art studio taking a selfie next to my easel, which has a brick wall painting in progress with a pigeon outline

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 26/08/2026

first layer on a new painting, which will eventually be solar eclipse crescent shadows

11x14” oil painting in progress of a brick wall with a bird

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 24/08/2026

making hummingbirds from fabric for a painting reference

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 21/08/2026

the truth about why I left academia 🔭

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 21/08/2026

AMAZE #Tucson my arms kinda hurt from standing outside & filming lightning several times last night lol

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 20/08/2026

If you missed out on the first round, I will be restocking my Project Hail Mary mini prints soon! I’ll also have a couple of new paintings in the mix of Rocky 🫶 #SciFi

Two 5x5” mini prints of my Project Hail Mary paintings in my hand. One is Rocky’s planet, Erid. The other is Rocky in his ball in a field of dandelions.

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 19/08/2026

Damn straight I put as much effort into a Baja Blast painting as I do my science-heavy art bahaha. Added stars to the background today!

Oil painting of a Baja blast with a background of rocket, star, and cheesy Gordita crunch “stickers”

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 15/08/2026

I am going through my old bird photographs for painting references and found these gems of hummingbirds cooling off in the water 🦜

Female costa’s hummingbird standing on rock in fountain

Female hummingbird laying on rock in fountain

Male Anna’s hummingbird sitting on rock in fountain

Male Anna’s hummingbird laying on rock in water fountain

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 15/08/2026

Last call! Prints or my oil painting We Love You From The Moon disappear tonight 🐡🔭🧪 stellerarts.com/pages/we-lov...

Painting of the Moon through a spacecraft window

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 15/08/2026

I painted my pineapple pool floatie 🍍

8x8” painting of a pineapple pool floatie in the water

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 14/08/2026

Oil paintings in progress. I’ve been challenging myself to paint different materials. So far I’ve tackled Mylar, crystal, plastic, glass, construction paper, carbonated beverage, and gummy candy. It’s been super fun to put my skills to the test, exploring beyond nebulae & planets

3 paintings hanging on a wall easel. Toilet paper roll space shuttle, Baja blast, gummy star candy

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 13/08/2026

Painting a pineapple pool floatie 🍍

Acrylic painting in progress of a pineapple pool float in water

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 12/08/2026

Hey so look at this awesome sunset lightning I captured! And by captured I mean recorded for a bit then took a screenshot. Straight out of my phone, no edits ⛈️

Lightning in the clouds with purple, red, orange, and yellow sunset. Silhouette of palm trees in the foreground

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 11/08/2026

4 days left to grab a print of We Love You From The Moon 🩶 stellerarts.com/pages/we-lov...

11x14” oil painting of the Moon out a spacecraft window (from Artemis II) 🐡🔭🧪

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 11/08/2026

Before I proceed, this is a painting! I am bamboozling people apparently haha. Today I did the rocket stickers 🚀. Only the stars & final touches are left!

11x14” oil painting of a Baja blast with taco & rocket “stickers” in the background

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 08/08/2026

my oil painting freshly varnished vs. the reference image 🔭🐡

11x14” oil painting of the Moon out a spacecraft window with bokeh & a blurry hand reflection.

Photo of the Moon from the Artemis II mission out a spacecraft window with bokeh & a blurry hand reflection

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 08/08/2026

Adorable space shuttle gummy candy. I filled a mason jar full of them and took photographs, which will be a reference for a future painting! Ngl I will have the best kitchen space art coming up later this year—Baja Blast, star candy, and the shuttles.

Gummy space shuttle candy in my hand with more in the background on a table

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 07/08/2026

proof it is not a Baja Blast glued to a canvas!

Baja Blast oil painting sideways on easel with unpainted bottom

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