A cienega is a spring that is usually a wet, marshy area at the foot of a mountain, in a canyon, or on the edge of a grassland where groundwater bubbles to the surface, commonly referred to as an oasis if observed in a desert. Often, a cienega does not drain into a stream, but…

The Ural Mountains or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia, from the coast of the Arctic Ocean to the Ural River and northwestern Kazakhstan.  The mountains lie within the Ural geographical region and significantly overlap with the Ural Federal District and with the Ural…

The planet Jupiter is lined with stripes, known as belts and zones.  These belts and zones are cloud formations and opposing jet streams, colored from sediment and debris picked up from the planet’s surface.  The Southern Equatorial is by far the most active region the planet, as it is home to its strongest retrograde jet…

This strikingly rich piece was inspired by the Hebes Chasma mountain ranges discovered on Mars.  The sharp and craggy visual cuts across the canvas where the piece showcases the erosion technique utilized to create the ranges and valleys visible.