Adam Stennett

ADAM STENNETT, POINT OF ENTRY, 2001, OIL ON LINEN, 36x36"

ADAM STENNETT, DRINK, 2007 OIL ON WOOD, 72x72"

Adam Stennett was born in Kotzebue, Alaska in 1972 and grew up in Oregon. He received his Bachelor of Art in English and Studio Art at Willamette University in 1994 and moved to Brooklyn to pursue painting. He continues to paint in Brooklyn and is represented by 31GRAND in New York. His paintings are primarily oil on wood and unique in nature.

He recently exhibited his third one person exhibit in four years at 31GRAND, New York featuring women in water holding medicinal products such as Tussin DM (shown above). Stennett's work has also been exhibited at the Chelsea Art Museum and the National Arts Club in New York, Irvine Contemporary in Washington D.C., Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City, Central House of Artists in Moscow, Scope in London and 21C Museum Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky.

Remember to click on the title of this post to check out his website. Tons of paintings by him!

Astronomy Picture of The Day

This was taken on March 22, 2008! So two days ago! This site gives you a new image from space everyday and honestly they are so magnificent! It's called the "Cat's Eye Hubble Remix."



The following is the technical explanation of this explosion in the sky.

disclaimer: the following are not my words but are taken from the site

• "Explanation: Staring across interstellar space, the alluring Cat's Eye Nebula lies three thousand light-years from Earth. One of the most famous planetary nebulae in the sky, the Cat's Eye (NGC 6543) is over half a light-year across and represents a final, brief yet glorious phase in the life of a sun-like star. This nebula's dying central star may have produced the simple, outer pattern of dusty concentric shells by shrugging off outer layers in a series of regular convulsions. But the formation of the beautiful, more complex inner structures is not well understood. Here, Hubble Space Telescope archival image data has been reprocessed to create another look the cosmic cat's eye. Compared to well-known Hubble pictures, the alternative processing strives to sharpen and improve the visiblility of details in light and dark areas of the nebula and also applies a more complex color palette. Of course, gazing into the Cat's Eye, astronomers may well be seeing the fate of our Sun, destined to enter its own planetary nebula phase of evolution ... in about 5 billion years."

Seriously, how cool is it? I think it's amazing that such beauty is going on around us, and we are too far away to notice.