Astroscape #12 - Heart of a Galaxy

Painted completely within Inkscape - October, 2026

Printed on Red River Paper’s Palo Duro 315 paper produced from cotton with archival standards

Images from the Hubble and James Webb Telescopes are amazing.

Rather than copying the photographs, I used them as inspiration to create abstractions.

This one started with an image of the heart of a galaxy.

The space telescope photographs provide a starting stimulus.

I do not replicate what is in the images.

Their designs and colors are a starting point for my imagination.

After creating the art in vector graphics, an output file is generated that can be printed.

The vector program creates an output file in a very high definition - computing every pixel that will be printed.

Because of the complexity of the above, this takes my high-speed computer over 5 hours.

Afterwards, I check the output file for any imperfections or oversights.

Then I make changes at the vector graphic level and recreate the output file.

This is repeated until everything appears correct.

Prototype prints are then created.

It takes days until the final print is made.

A single print, what I call a monoprint, was created: 1 print on Hahnemühle’s cotton paper - 36" wide x 24" height