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Rob Rey
@robreyart.bsky.social
Art of Science and the Cosmic Perspective

Human Made Oil Paintings
More Art: https://www.robreyart.com
Prints: https://robrey.storenvy.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Nebulae
12 x 16 in, oil on panel
A new painting from an earlier study, Nebulae debuted at the IX Art Show. It's now back and on my website, original and prints.

robreyart.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Winds of Neptune
24 x 18 in, Oil
This new painting from an earlier study will be coming with me to the @ixarts.bsky.social Arts Show in Reading PA, next week!

#cosmicperspective
October 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
September 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Night Migration
Oil, 30x20in, 2024
at @ixarts.bsky.social Art Show next month!

In our night sky there is a dark band that runs through the Milky Way, known as the Great Rift. This darkness is where the stars of our galaxy are obscured by vast clouds of interstellar dust and geese … er, gas.
September 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
August 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Flyby
8 x 6 inches

A new tiny painting coming to @everydayoriginal.bsky.social tomorrow morning (8/20)!

www.everydayoriginal.com

#oilpainting #moon
August 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Detail of a new tiny painting coming to @everydayoriginal.bsky.social this Wednesday!
August 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
July 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My last card for Magic: The Gathering's Edge of Eternities set has been posted. Filling this scene with all sorts of swirly, nebulous clouds was a great time.
Fabled Passage
Art Director: Zack Stella
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Original painting available here:
www.facebook.com/groups/mtgar...
July 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
July 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Another card for Magic: The Gathering's Edge of Eternities set has just been posted! A bit of a different subject for me, but it was a good time creating this writhing soup of slivers.
Art Director: Taylor Ingvarsson
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Original painting available here: www.facebook.com/groups/mtgar...
July 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
June 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Oil, 18x24in

New for MtG, Edge of Eternities! It was a lot to fit into a card, but I enjoyed the opportunity to paint the black hole.

Offers for the original painting are being heard until Thursday night. More info:
www.facebook.com/groups/mtgar...

#mtg #magicthegathering
June 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Reaching Europa
18x24 in, Oil, 2015

An allegory of our scientific aspirations to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa. As the video below from NASA explains, Europa holds intriguing possibilites for finding life beyond Earth.
NASA Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz9V...

Prints: robrey.storenvy.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Fusion Lighting the Stars
18x24 in, Oil, 2020

Details
May 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Fusion Lighting the Stars
18x24 in, Oil, 2020

Stars are a balance of two enormous forces: gravity and nuclear fusion. Much of their mass will be crushed, but in the process, many will fuse carbon, the other elements of life, and become parts of new solar systems.

Prints: robrey.storenvy.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
May 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Voyager Passing A Nebula
6x8 in, Oil
On EveryDayOriginal.com tomorrow!

Voyager's golden record is projected to last a BILLION years in space. How long is a billion years? In a billion years the continents of Earth would be so altered that we would not recognize the surface of our own planet.
May 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Detail of a new tiny painting coming to EveryDayOriginal.com on Tuesday, 5/20!
May 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Overview
Oil, 24x24in, 2020

Happy Earth Day! The Overview Effect is a cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts while viewing the Earth from space. National boundaries vanish, encouraging a sense of unity with all of humanity and life on Earth.

Prints: robrey.storenvy.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Moon Lander
16x12in, Oil

Character in Context, the largest exhibition of original illustration in the Western U.S. opening May 2! At the A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art in Trinidad, CO, with several artists in attendance. Demonstrations, gallery talks on Saturday May 3!
armitchellmuseum.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A Galaxy Within II
24 x 18 inches, Oil, 2022

We are each a little galaxy of our own. It's a mind-bending exercise trying to comprehend the 100 billion stars found in a typical galaxy. Yet, each of us has roughly the same number of neurons in our own brain, performing a symphony of consciousness.
March 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Moon Lander, study
8x6 inches, oil on panel

A new study for the 2025 Character in Context show, May 2nd - July 19th at the A.R. Mitchell Museum in Trinidad, Colorado! Showcasing the illustrative art of 57 excellent artists and the process that goes into making it.

www.armitchellmuseum.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Finding Light
6 x 8 inches, oil on panel

A new tiny painting coming to everydayoriginal.com tomorrow!

“In the midst of darkness, light persists.”
– Mahatma Gandhi
February 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM