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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐

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🎨 merging art + astrophysics ✨ multi-spectral space paintings 🔭 planetary science PhD 🪶 bird nerd, gamer, cloud watcher ⬇️ join email list • shop paintings https://stellerarts.com/pages/leviathans-wake

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · Oct 17

Welcome new Bluesky people!

Hi, I’m Laci! I have a PhD in planetary science, but I decided to leave academia to create my own path—communicating science through art & selling paintings full time. I post about astronomy, weather, share science-inspired paintings, & chat about my life. ✨

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4 panel collage of pictures. Clockwise from top left: my large painting of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, pillars of creation, cosmic cliffs, ring nebula.

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 14h

Spectrum of Storms 2 is almost finished 😌

8x10” canvas on easel with painting of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. There is a purple rectangle of ultraviolet light on the left and a red rectangle for infrared light on the right. My hand is holding a paint brush and working on the infrared portion.

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 18h

just chilling underground 🐌

Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 18h

That’s what I read, but I’m surprised I’ve never seen them! Been here for a long time

Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 1d

Woahhhhh 🤩

Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 1d

I didn’t know we had snails in Tucson! These little guys are hanging around our flooded porch 🐌

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 1d

what a weird fucking reply

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 1d

I don’t have kids so that was easy to rule out lmao

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 1d

lol ahhhh our roof is brand new so demons it is 😭

Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 1d

It was small & hasn’t reappeared so that’s good?

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 1d

Nope! No drinks or ice have been in that room. I wasn’t even in there today except for going to grab a piece of paper & finding the puddle 😵‍💫

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 1d

It’s been raining a lot today. Finding a small puddle of water in my art room with no obvious source is very ominous 😦

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 2d

Yeah I’m always on top of the weather! I’m a trained spotter, worked with emergency management, and was president of the meteorology club during undergrad. Huge weather nerd 😆. Fun fact: atmospheric science was my major before I transitioned to physics/planetary science

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 2d

We will be fine! Our porch just floods when it rains sometimes, and I did not want that water in the house 😁

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 2d

They are safe! Just grabbed ‘em to run outside and move sandbags + track down my hummingbird feeder than blew away lol

Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 2d

An inch of rain, hail, and crazy wind all in less than 10 minutes 🤯

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 2d

First storm of the weekend, and it rained so much in 5 minutes my porch is already flooded! Sandbags up and ready 🫡 #tucson

My rain shoes with tall blue socks standing in approximately 1-1.25 inches of rain

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 3d

The prints of Scientifically Accurate Star were limited edition, so it would only be the edition numbers leftover that would be available ☀️

Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 3d

I’m probably going to bring back prints of my balloon painting for November, so I thought hmm what else could I paint that pairs with it nicely. I got a pretty crystal star & moon, which will be challenging yet fun to paint. Today I took several reference photos, even busted out my UV light.

Painting of a smiley foil sun balloon with blue space background of the center of the Milky Way

4 panels of a Swarovski crystal moon bead in different light. The moon appears pink, vibrant purple, and orange

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Cathrin Machin Space Art @cathrinmachin.bsky.social · 6d

Processing Astro data is like artwork… eventually you develop your own personal style…

Mine is a bit like being punched the face by a rainbow. 😂

😂 look, Life can be incredibly stressful at times so it’s nice to have a pop of colour to bring a bit of joy to life.

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 4d

tbh I never pay attention to what goes on up there in Phoenix 😆 but that sounds crazy!

Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 4d

I ordered these really pretty beads and am going to paint a pic of each!

Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 4d

I don’t want to stay dry, bring on the storms! 🤩 (just not like a crazy flood)

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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 4d

Lil friends on Mars who will soon be wearable after a journey to the fiery depths of the kiln 🔥

Join the newsletter to be notified when they drop. @sciencesocks.bsky.social and I can't wait to share the final results!

sciencesocks.co/pages/amy-ra...

#SciArt #bsnm 🔭

My hand holding a rectangular pendant featuring a Mars rover looking up at a helicopter at sunset.

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 4d

Ah yes, I forgot the sand pit in our yard is guarded by a ferocious beast

Our Shiba Inu standing in sand next to sandbags chomping at us

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Dr. Laci Brock 🪐 @stellerarts.com · 4d

No I figured I’d wait until the last minute. Like duh come on lol