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February 11th, 2015
J-P Metsävainio is an accomplished astrophotographer from Finland. After a 2 month stretch of cloudy skies above disabling his ability to capture the universe, he began to look back at photos he'd taken in the past and that's when Resemblances sprang to life!
Using the typical Extractionist technique of before and after, he has set up a gallery of Extractions that he has Recognized in the nebulae, galaxies, and other cosmic objects. The puma pictured here is from the Rosette Nebula & a star cluster NGC 2239 located at Ra 06h 33m 45s Dec +04° 59′ 54″
Check it out by clicking the link below.
February 9th, 2015
The best part of the art of Recognizing Resemblances and then Extracting them, is the fact that it is one of the few art forms regularly covered by news agencies the world over. Our latest Resemblance has popped up in the skies above. I have created this text-based emoticon to mimic what galaxy cluster SDSS J1038+4849 seems to be illustrating (° ͜･ ° )
So far, it is being covered by
news.com.au
http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/hubble-space-telescope-captures-a-happy-face-looking-over-earth/story-fnjwlcze-1227213886422
Washing Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/02/09/the-hubble-spotted-this-smiley-face-in-space/
Headlines & Global News
http://www.hngn.com/articles/67727/20150209/hubble-space-telescope-snaps-picture-smiling-galaxy-photo.htm
Time
http://time.com/3701271/hubble-telescope-smiley-face/
China Topix
http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/36439/20150209/sdss-j1038-4849-smiling-galaxy.htm
According to the Hubble Telescope website: "You can make out its two orange eyes and white button nose. In the case of this “happy face”, the two eyes are very bright galaxies and the misleading smile lines are actually arcs caused by an effect known as strong gravitational lensing.
Galaxy clusters are the most massive structures in the Universe and exert such a powerful gravitational pull that they warp the spacetime around them and act as cosmic lenses which can magnify, distort and bend the light behind them. This phenomenon, crucial to many of Hubble’s discoveries, can be explained by Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
In this special case of gravitational lensing, a ring — known as an Einstein Ring — is produced from this bending of light, a consequence of the exact and symmetrical alignment of the source, lens and observer and resulting in the ring-like structure we see here."
January 30th, 2015
I'm using "Up On The Hill at Barton Springs" for my latest business card. These are lenticular cards so they will be able to show the scribble and then the Extraction simply by tilting the card! Click the link below to see an animated sneak preview.
January 13th, 2009
My latest commission is my last of 2008 and also my first of 2009. Dr. Arturo Espinoza of Austin Texas has asked me to creat a piece for his new home. The dimensions are 40" x 30" x 1.5". My usual technique is to extract representational imagery from abstract patterns. In this case, Dr. Espinoza has asked me to extract another abstract pattern. I will be updating this blog as I progress. As of today I have spent 14 hours applying the first layer of color to the white canvas. Time is eaten up quickly at this stage as I am having to color around every line in the drip painting! The first layer is a canary yellow with an amberish color as the goal.
