Medium:
Digital Art - Photography, Digital Painting, Mixed-media, Imagination
Description:
The planet Wee Manhattan lies deep within the Carina Nebula, giving the night sky its distinctive and remarkable appearance. A metropolitan home to lovers and dreamers, it has a thriving tourist economy and mines the nearby gas clouds for exotic particles. There is currently a fifteen year wait list for tourist visas so we encourage you to apply today.
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This is an artistic rendition of the more photo-realistic Wee Manhattan Planet, also found here in my galleries. The dark, vibrant colors and bold paint strokes make this a stunning wall art piece, sure to start a conversation!
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This piece was published in the Mar/Apr 2012 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine!
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More wee planets straight from the imagination of artist Nikki Smith can be seen at http://BookSmithStudio.com and are available to purchase as framed fine art prints or on stretched canvas.
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Wendy J St Christopher
San Antonio, TX - United States
Beyond fantastic, Nikki! You've really got a knack for these 'wee worlds'.
Nikki Marie Smith replied:
Thanks, Wendy! :)
Abraham Falcon Velazquez
Cuernavaca, Mo - Mexico
Very original!
Nikki Marie Smith replied:
Thanks! I think this is my favorite piece!
Martin Zezula
Bratislava, Sl - Slovak Republic
Nice work :D
Nikki Marie Smith
Bryan, TX - United States
Thank-you for featuring this piece, Krista! It is one of my personal favorites.
Nikki Marie Smith
Bryan, TX - United States
Thank-you for featuring this piece, Larysa! It is one of my favorites.
Ausra Paulauskaite
Silute, Si - Lithuania
I really like your approach. The flower like globe with skyscrapers really stands out from the background and from all the usual cityscapes. Does this particular image mean that Earth has turned into the Red Giant (yet another big star in the Universe)? :-)
Nikki Marie Smith
Bryan, TX - United States
Thank-you, Ausra! Who knows? For me, these represent visions of spreading out to explore the universe, what we will discover so far from home and what we will learn about ourselves and our place in the scheme of things. Maybe everything will be wildly different. Maybe we will repeat all of the old mistakes again. (We'll probably invent new ones.) The universe is a wide place full of interesting nooks and crannies...
Nikki Marie Smith
Bryan, TX - United States
Thanks for featuring this little planet in the group Stretching The Envelope!
Adel Jarbou
Benghazi - Libya
Wonderful work....
Nikki Marie Smith
Bryan, TX - United States
Thank-you, Adel!
Shannon Story
Weatherford, TX - United States
Great artwork Nikki. Also,LOVED your article in Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine on how to create these wee worlds. I got CPS yesterday, and will try to create a wee world today!
Nikki Marie Smith
Bryan, TX - United States
Thank-you, Shannon! I'd love to see your wee world when it is finished!
Larry Cirigliano
Mamaroneck, NY - United States
awesome nikki
Nikki Marie Smith
Bryan, TX - United States
Thank-you, Larry!
Nikki Marie Smith
Bryan, TX - United States
UPDATE: This little world was recently published in the Mar/Apr 2012 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine!
Gwyn Newcombe
Whittier, CA - United States
Fantastic work and congrats on your work being published! vote/fav
Nikki Marie Smith
Bryan, TX - United States
Thanks, Gwyn! This is still my favorite piece. :)
Alisa Tekhtilova
Astrakhan, AS - Russian Federation
Really nice work... and reflections! Please, add it to "Fine Art Discussions" Page... http://fineartamerica.com/showmessages.php?messageid=710277 Thank you for your participation. So glad you like it. Best wishes, Alisa
Nikki Marie Smith
Bryan, TX - United States
Thank-you, Alisa!
Graciela Scarlatto
Capital Federal, Bu - Argentina
Amazing work Nikki! Voted
Nikki Marie Smith replied:
Thank-you, Graciela! :)
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