Submitted by Quarkycharmedart t3_116og5g in space
The image on the right is my second attempt to paint the Pillars of Creation in watercolor! The first time I did a mini painting of it using the Hubble image from 1995, and it was part of a larger piece I did just for myself over a decade ago, integrating many of my high school passions into one painting. But when JWST released its image of the Pillars this past October, I just had to paint it again. I completed this piece for my dad as a Christmas gift, since a love of astronomy is something we share. It took around 50 hours of painting and many, many layers of increasing detail and depth.
Itis_TheStranger t1_j97l36o wrote
That is beautiful, such talent. It looks just like the photo!