Shelli Langdale
@oustcat.bsky.social
✨ artist | NASA Engineer on creative leave
🧑🚀 painting astronauts
👾 fusing traditional painting with AI tech
🚀 B.S. in Computer Science
💌 shellilangdale.substack.com
🧑🚀 painting astronauts
👾 fusing traditional painting with AI tech
🚀 B.S. in Computer Science
💌 shellilangdale.substack.com
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Shelli Langdale
@oustcat.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Hello! I’m Shelli—a painter working in oils and acrylics. Through astronaut- and space-inspired themes, my work explores self-definition, resilience, and the process of rebuilding after profound loss.
I’ll share my art, along with bits of storytelling.
See more at shellilangdale.com/paintings.
I’ll share my art, along with bits of storytelling.
See more at shellilangdale.com/paintings.
Merry Christmas. I hope your holidays are filled with joy and light.
December 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Merry Christmas. I hope your holidays are filled with joy and light.
Setting the atmosphere for Christmas Eve.🎄✨🌌
December 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Setting the atmosphere for Christmas Eve.🎄✨🌌
Early sighting: Squash appearing in the spacecraft cabin, right where she belongs.
This painting’s still in progress, but she’s already decided it’s her window seat.
This painting’s still in progress, but she’s already decided it’s her window seat.
December 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Early sighting: Squash appearing in the spacecraft cabin, right where she belongs.
This painting’s still in progress, but she’s already decided it’s her window seat.
This painting’s still in progress, but she’s already decided it’s her window seat.
Hi 👋
Meet Squash, the quiet heartbeat of my space-cat paintings.🐈
While she naps in sunbeams, I use oil and acrylic to paint colorful scenes of space explorers, orbiting cats, and little pockets of softness in a loud universe.
Thanks for keeping us company in this tiny corner of space. ✨
Meet Squash, the quiet heartbeat of my space-cat paintings.🐈
While she naps in sunbeams, I use oil and acrylic to paint colorful scenes of space explorers, orbiting cats, and little pockets of softness in a loud universe.
Thanks for keeping us company in this tiny corner of space. ✨
December 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Hi 👋
Meet Squash, the quiet heartbeat of my space-cat paintings.🐈
While she naps in sunbeams, I use oil and acrylic to paint colorful scenes of space explorers, orbiting cats, and little pockets of softness in a loud universe.
Thanks for keeping us company in this tiny corner of space. ✨
Meet Squash, the quiet heartbeat of my space-cat paintings.🐈
While she naps in sunbeams, I use oil and acrylic to paint colorful scenes of space explorers, orbiting cats, and little pockets of softness in a loud universe.
Thanks for keeping us company in this tiny corner of space. ✨
To the humans who wandered in for the slightly weird paintings: hi again.
I’m Shelli, a painter working in oil and acrylic, building small, colorful worlds with space explorers and cats in orbit. I feel most fulfilled when someone connects with a painting and their day feels a little less heavy.
I’m Shelli, a painter working in oil and acrylic, building small, colorful worlds with space explorers and cats in orbit. I feel most fulfilled when someone connects with a painting and their day feels a little less heavy.
December 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
To the humans who wandered in for the slightly weird paintings: hi again.
I’m Shelli, a painter working in oil and acrylic, building small, colorful worlds with space explorers and cats in orbit. I feel most fulfilled when someone connects with a painting and their day feels a little less heavy.
I’m Shelli, a painter working in oil and acrylic, building small, colorful worlds with space explorers and cats in orbit. I feel most fulfilled when someone connects with a painting and their day feels a little less heavy.
I sold this huge horse painting! 🩷
Thank you so much for all your support! 💕
Thank you so much for all your support! 💕
December 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I sold this huge horse painting! 🩷
Thank you so much for all your support! 💕
Thank you so much for all your support! 💕
Seeking humans who want art that feels like a short story: dreamy color, cats in orbit, and tiny heartbreaks on canvas.
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Seeking humans who want art that feels like a short story: dreamy color, cats in orbit, and tiny heartbreaks on canvas.
I picked the nerdiest race number possible, and then the universe kept looping it back like a recursive call.
A painting backstory.
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A painting backstory.
open.substack.com/pub/shellila...
Keeping Count of Echoes: 842
Motorcycles, NASA remnants, and the long journey to painting a farewell to a horse.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I picked the nerdiest race number possible, and then the universe kept looping it back like a recursive call.
A painting backstory.
open.substack.com/pub/shellila...
A painting backstory.
open.substack.com/pub/shellila...
I varnish all of my paintings to unify and protect the surface.
A lovely collector commissioned "Serenity Rising". Do you have a concept you want painted? Reach out for a collaboration.✨
A lovely collector commissioned "Serenity Rising". Do you have a concept you want painted? Reach out for a collaboration.✨
November 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I varnish all of my paintings to unify and protect the surface.
A lovely collector commissioned "Serenity Rising". Do you have a concept you want painted? Reach out for a collaboration.✨
A lovely collector commissioned "Serenity Rising". Do you have a concept you want painted? Reach out for a collaboration.✨
After months at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, “Self-Portrait in Braces” is home, available, and unlikely to linger.
I’m an artist working in oil and acrylic. I paint space explorers in flux, suspended between grief and becoming. I write about my work at shellilangdale.substack.com
I’m an artist working in oil and acrylic. I paint space explorers in flux, suspended between grief and becoming. I write about my work at shellilangdale.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
After months at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, “Self-Portrait in Braces” is home, available, and unlikely to linger.
I’m an artist working in oil and acrylic. I paint space explorers in flux, suspended between grief and becoming. I write about my work at shellilangdale.substack.com
I’m an artist working in oil and acrylic. I paint space explorers in flux, suspended between grief and becoming. I write about my work at shellilangdale.substack.com
My test strips arrived from @theprintspace! Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be ready for holiday sales. I need to integrate their API into my @Webflow website for drop-shipping. But decisions and progress have been made!
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My test strips arrived from @theprintspace! Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be ready for holiday sales. I need to integrate their API into my @Webflow website for drop-shipping. But decisions and progress have been made!
Little Squash Kimchi Kitty and I had dental cleanings on the same day and time. Her goodie bag was cuter than mine!
November 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Little Squash Kimchi Kitty and I had dental cleanings on the same day and time. Her goodie bag was cuter than mine!
Art can’t fix a hard day, but it can leave a small pocket of joy on the wall; that’s the work I keep coming back to.
After months at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, “Self-Portrait in Braces” is back on the table, available, and unlikely to linger.
After months at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, “Self-Portrait in Braces” is back on the table, available, and unlikely to linger.
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Art can’t fix a hard day, but it can leave a small pocket of joy on the wall; that’s the work I keep coming back to.
After months at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, “Self-Portrait in Braces” is back on the table, available, and unlikely to linger.
After months at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, “Self-Portrait in Braces” is back on the table, available, and unlikely to linger.
I've been painting my LLM's interpretations. This is day one progress of "Earth as seen from Mars".
Acrylic on gallery panel.
Acrylic on gallery panel.
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I've been painting my LLM's interpretations. This is day one progress of "Earth as seen from Mars".
Acrylic on gallery panel.
Acrylic on gallery panel.
I'm painting my LLM's interpretation, "Earth as seen from Mars", in acrylic.
This is day two progress.
This is day two progress.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I'm painting my LLM's interpretation, "Earth as seen from Mars", in acrylic.
This is day two progress.
This is day two progress.
Building evacuation is tiring at 3:00 a.m. 🔥🚒
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Building evacuation is tiring at 3:00 a.m. 🔥🚒
It's 3:00 a.m. and I must be tired. My backpack made an effective escape carrier for Squash Kitty after the fire alarm was triggered.
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It's 3:00 a.m. and I must be tired. My backpack made an effective escape carrier for Squash Kitty after the fire alarm was triggered.
Now in orbit. My paintings (at left) are in situ at @bluegallerykc for the Great Escape exhibit, on view through November 29 alongside many beautiful works from amazing artists.
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Now in orbit. My paintings (at left) are in situ at @bluegallerykc for the Great Escape exhibit, on view through November 29 alongside many beautiful works from amazing artists.
A shiny thank you to the collector who commissioned this painting. ✨ Serenity Rising
November 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM
A shiny thank you to the collector who commissioned this painting. ✨ Serenity Rising
October was a soft pause.
In the quiet, I painted a smaller replicate of “Serenity” for a collector. Happy to be back.
In the quiet, I painted a smaller replicate of “Serenity” for a collector. Happy to be back.
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM
October was a soft pause.
In the quiet, I painted a smaller replicate of “Serenity” for a collector. Happy to be back.
In the quiet, I painted a smaller replicate of “Serenity” for a collector. Happy to be back.
I love painting scenes with space explorers. Here is one with a kitty. 🐈
Have an idea you want me to paint? I do commissions. Reach out!
Have an idea you want me to paint? I do commissions. Reach out!
October 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I love painting scenes with space explorers. Here is one with a kitty. 🐈
Have an idea you want me to paint? I do commissions. Reach out!
Have an idea you want me to paint? I do commissions. Reach out!
To those interested in my work, everything available is on my website here shellilangdale.com
October 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
To those interested in my work, everything available is on my website here shellilangdale.com
Currently giving myself a pep talk while painting.
October 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Currently giving myself a pep talk while painting.
I'm so honored and grateful to have these 5 paintings participating in the invitational exhibit, The Great Escape Anniversary Exhibition at the lovely @bluegallerykc. 💛🖤
✨ Opening reception: 2 October, Thursday 6-9 PM
✨ On view through 29 November 2025
Contact Kelly Kuhn at Blue Gallery.
✨ Opening reception: 2 October, Thursday 6-9 PM
✨ On view through 29 November 2025
Contact Kelly Kuhn at Blue Gallery.
October 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I'm so honored and grateful to have these 5 paintings participating in the invitational exhibit, The Great Escape Anniversary Exhibition at the lovely @bluegallerykc. 💛🖤
✨ Opening reception: 2 October, Thursday 6-9 PM
✨ On view through 29 November 2025
Contact Kelly Kuhn at Blue Gallery.
✨ Opening reception: 2 October, Thursday 6-9 PM
✨ On view through 29 November 2025
Contact Kelly Kuhn at Blue Gallery.