Asteria was the Titan goddess of falling stars and nocturnal divinations, astrology, and dreams in Greek mythology. After the fall of the Titans, Asteria was chased by Zeus across the sky, but escaped by transforming herself into a quail and leaping into the sea to became the island of Delos, located in the center of…
Callirrhoe – 24×48
Callirrhoe means “flowing beautifully” in Greek and this piece is an abstract representation of the river sharing the name found on Mars, the red planet. Although almost all water on Mars today exists as ice, though it can be found in vapor in the atmosphere and occasionally as a liquid in shallow Martian soil. All…
Kurishio – 20×16
Kuroshio is a north flowing warm ocean current found in the Black Sea, near Japan and Vietnam. The warm waters of the Kuroshio Current sustain the coral reefs of Japan, the northernmost coral reefs in the world which house a variety of reef dwelling fauna and is considered a high productivity reef. With stable temperatures…
Pele – 24×48
Pele, there are several legends of the Hawaiian goddess of fire, wind and volcanoes. In addition, she is known for her power, jealousy, passion, and volatility. While she guardians the entirety of the volcanoes on the Hawaiian islands, her domain is specifically in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater at the summit of Kilauea, on the Big Island…
Fra Mauro – 10×20
Fra Mauro is the last vestiges of a lunar plain on Earth’s moon, visible on the southern hemisphere of the light side of the moon. The lunar plain is pocked with more recent crater impacts and would have hosted the ill-fated Apollo 13 lunar landing had the mission proceeded as planned. The mission was aborted…
Huracan – 16×20 – SOLD
A hurricane is a rapidly rotating storm center characterized by rotation, low pressure, strong winds, and heavy rain. They are typically formed over warm bodies of water through evaporation of the ocean’s surface water, recondensing into clouds, and fueled by horizontal temperature contrasts. Their rotation is the result of the conservation of angular momentum derived…
Warrego Valles – 16×20
The pursuit of knowledge of the nearest planet Mars has been underway since man first discovered the planet above us. The theory of water of Mars was first posited by Renaissance astronomers upon being able to view the polar ice caps for the first time. Mariner 9 and Viking Orbiter images, showed a network of…
Chartarum – 14×7
Stachybotrys chartarum, is a mold that is sometimes found in soil and grain, but the mold is most often detected in cellulose-rich building materials from damp or water-damaged buildings. It requires high moisture content in order to grow and is associated with wet gypsum material and wallpaper. This piece shows the beauty that can…
Sine – 14×7 – SOLD
The sine wave is a mathematical curve that describes a smooth repetitive oscillation, typically referring to a soundwave. It is named after the function sine, similar to cosine and tangent from previous trigonometry courses you may remember. It occurs often in pure and applied mathematics, as well as physics, engineering, signal processing and now, in…
Suva – 16×20
Suva is the capital and the second most populated municipality of Fiji. It is on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in the Rewa Province, Central Division. It is the largest and the most cosmopolitan city in the South Pacific and has become an important regional center. This rich blue painting was…
Aban – 16×20
Large Martian craters (greater than 60 km in diameter) are named after famous scientists and science fiction authors; smaller ones (less than 60 km in diameter) get their names from towns on Earth. The Aban crater of Mars was given it’s name after the Russian city of the same name; spanning 4.1 km across and…
Luna – 16×20 – SOLD
Unmistakable and forever above us, this piece reflects the heavenly body closest to Earth; the moon. Dotted with crater impacts created by a technique of spot paint removal and ghostly shadows present a close view of the moon above us.
Fine Art by Cory Heiple 
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