He gives a sense of the vast, mysterious distances that you just don't find in other more realistic, representative work. Around the time he moved to the United States he was invited to participate in the NASA Art Program and visit the Jet Propulsion Laboratory when Voyager 2 sent back images from its closest encounter with Saturn in August 1981. Nottebohm says he understands that fear. It took me years and years also to have no scared attitudes towards the universe, towards my environment-or to see the universe as my environment. Earth is our home.
Space is nature, our environment.
Space exploration is the exploration of our environment, and the more we know about it the more we will see how precious it is and want to protect it. The fantastic quality of the Universe and the absurdity of our existence fascinates me. My paintings are the expression of this fascination . They are my own windows into the Universe. Windows which I can call into existence, images that are entirely mine.