That interest has never changed. To this day, I still paint landscapes of other worlds. I work with scientists who are studying the planets through telescopes, spacecraft and laboratory experiments. My paintings show people what scientists have found out about the nature of our solar system and beyond. Most of the information we get from spacecraft is not visual, but rather a stream of numbers.
Researchers tell the artist what the numbers mean, and the artist puts it into a painting.
Lately I have been working with scientists on the Galileo project. Galileo is a spacecraft on its way to Jupiter. In December 1995, it will drop a probe into Jupiter's clouds and then explore the planet and its moons for nearly two years. This exciting mission will give people like me lots of things to paint. Like many people, my favorite planet is Mars, because it is so much like Earth.