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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 21h

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 · 23h

OMG the butterflies are back in my tree! 100 more today

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

You have a PhD, I whisper to myself as I accidentally press my iPad volume buttons against my easel for the third time today, blasting the music in my headphones & scaring myself.

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 30/09/2026

Thank you! I started adding desert foliage today & am excited how it’s coming along

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 29/09/2026

Astronomers theorize that the black hole at the center of Centaurus A influences the region as it feeds and launches powerful outflows. Learn more about the impact of its central black hole with a printable poster of this observation from #NASAWebb: go.nasa.gov/4hwsDlf

A horizontally oriented poster with an image of Centaurus A against a black background. The galaxy is brightest at its center, where a brilliant white and pink glow radiates outward. Wispy, ‘S’-shaped ribbons of pink arc above and below the center of the image. A parallelogram-shaped band of gray and white dust cuts across the middle of the galaxy. The galaxy’s outer edges fade into soft textures that stretch toward the left and right sides of the image. Along the bottom is a series of thin vertical bars ranging from purple at left to blue, green, yellow, orange, and red at right. Bars are separated slightly, with black in between. Bar colors are brightest at the bottom, fading up to black. Brightness varies from bar to bar, giving the array an undulating feel. At upper right is text that reads, “National Aeronautics and Space Administration” and NASA’s blue, white, and red meatball insignia. Title text appears at lower left that says, “James Webb Space Telescope: Centaurus A.”

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

After I get some more work done on the background, I will paint a full layer on the rectangles. Today my focus was building up colors and connecting the design.

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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

I am in my yard right now planting native wildflowers. All the butterflies are coming down from the tree and swarming around me!

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

Thanks! My husband got them for me bc I love yoshi!

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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 · 26/09/2026

Uh wut. this has nothing to do with trauma. I have a debilitating medical condition & am in pain every day… lol

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 26/09/2026

So I got invited to attend a Space Gala as a special guest. Awesome! Then I got invited to speak at a physics summit about science education beyond the classroom and my art. Yay! But I had to turn both down because I am chronically ill and awaiting treatment and (eventually) surgery 😭

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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Typical Friday walking the dog on the Cosmic Cliffs ✨

Yarn bowl featuring the Cosmic Cliffs of the Carina Nebula with a small dog walking along the lower section as if it's a landscape. His leash leads to the yarn feed.

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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 · 24/09/2026

I got called unemployed twice tonight while playing Marvel Rivals. Guess I’m just too good at hitscan dps. If they only knew 😆

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

I made my reference several days ago & already started the piece today. Just sharing a studio update, I’ve got everything under control 😎

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 23/09/2026

I came up with this awesome idea that includes a new JWST image, my PhD research, and will be relatable to many people. So uhhhh I have to start another painting against my better judgement 🫪. I always work on multiple pieces at once, but when I have too many going my brain kind of explodes lol

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 23/09/2026

A couple years ago I won awards for my paintings at a space art show! 2nd place in fine art & 3rd place for the Mars category. Last year I didn’t win anything. This year I’m going for 1st place 😤🤞

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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 · 21/09/2026

There are 100 butterflies in my tree again! No, I will not stop talking about this. (Sorry I don’t have any painting updates. I’ve been packing orders all weekend, then I go outside and stand by my butterfly tree)

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 20/09/2026

Happy International Observe the Moon Night 🌙

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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

They were all in ONE TREE 🤯

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

So there were even more butterflies in my yard today! Like 80-100. I love nature 😭

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

Ahhhhh yes, one of my fav moth species! So pretty& lucky to see one. And lol that’s funny. I don’t get those here.

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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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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 18/09/2026

I'm finally so excited to share this! My second PhD paper, and what I've spent the last year working on ... We've discovered not one, BUT TWO, profile change events on the closest and brightest millisecond pulsar (MSP) to Earth! www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/disc... Let's jump ito a 🧵👇 🔭📡

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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 · 16/09/2026

Early access emails have gone out! Thanks to everyone who has already ordered 🫶. I am actually in the struggle today & my nose keeps bleeding lol, so I am going to assume amoeba form on the couch. I will start packing orders over the weekend!

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 15/09/2026

#NASARoman activated the Wide Field Instrument—a 300-megapixel infrared camera that will allow it to explore wide swaths of the cosmos quickly. This test image captures the very first photons of starlight to reach the instrument—taken as an initial performance assessment: go.nasa.gov/4rg4qEc

$At the top, a grid of 21 panels shows a series of blue images with tiny neon green and yellow circles. A larger image highlights a section of the grid with circular patterns, and an inset presents a detailed star-like diffraction pattern. The colors consist of blue, green, and yellow.$

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

lol so true. I am always on the look out for them because (1) I love them & (2) my dog likes to chase them so I must protect

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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

ran right in front of me as I was wrangling my dog inside! I went back out & he was hiding under the tool box 🥹

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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

Thank you! It’s perfect sized for my mini paintings haha

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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 · 13/09/2026

It was a super fun color to mix!

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 12/09/2026

The more I sit with this (on my phone at least since I'm at the lake) the happier I am with it. Sharpless 162 51×76 cm 20×30″ Oil on canvas 2026 Just listed. There will be no prints. Not shipping to the US. earthskyart.ca/product/shar...

WIP painting of swirling orange red and yellow nebula gas with a blueish bubble in the centre with hundreds of stars.

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

Yeah I’ve already done all that! I am never short on ideas. Always short on money & time lol

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

It is too small and delicate to be a coaster. I did scan all my tiny planet & moon paintings for something like that in the future though. I just don’t have the time or money right now to test new products

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