Well, last time I wrote, it was about space music. Now it’s time to explore a little space art. Astronomy and space travel and exploration have inspired a lot of paintings and digital masterpieces over the years. Some of the best artwork I’ve seen is available through a company called NovaSpace Galleries. I’ve always been fascinated with the ways that these and other artists interpret space and astronomy themes.

I know where they get their inspiration: the telescope, out under the starry skies, and from the images we get from our telescopes and spacecraft. Some of those “real” images almost seem like space art — like the one below, showing two interacting galaxies, taken using the Hubble Space Telescope.

With such wonderful images from the realm of science, it’s no small wonder that the realm of space art is rich and varied. Artists take their inspiration from any part of the cosmos, using space exploration and observation to spin out gorgeous fantasies based in reality. I love to browse space art — it takes me to places and times and events that I can never go on my own.

There are plenty of good places to go view beautiful space art on the web — beginning with the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA), and their website at: IAAA.org., and of course a site dedicated to the Father of Space Art, Chesley Bonestell (Bonestell Space Art. Next time you’ve got a free moment on your hands and a little urge to explore space on the Web, check out the space artists!