July 4, 1997. A cookout with friends in Connecticut. I remember seeing the first pictures sent from the Mars rover and being stunned at how much the surface of the red planet looked like parts of Arizona. Having spent 5 years in Tucson I was familar with the landscape. It amazed me to think that a place so far away could seem so familiar. Since then I have done a number of small oil paintings based on those early images and the idea of further human exploration. I am finishing up a few new paintings and will be posting them soon but this was the first in the series.
very cool
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