The Physics of the Violin
March 25, 2019
Diana Battefeld, Diva, (80x60cm), 2018, [Oil on canvas]. In playing the violin, it may be instructive to know what is going physically when the fingers are pressed upon the fingerboard and the bow slides on the string to carry the right kind of sound. From a purely physical point of view, when a string vibrates …
Butterfly
February 22, 2019
Diana Battefeld, Butterfly, 2015 [Oil on Canvas]. After an image of NGC 6302, photographed by NASA’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), ESA, and the Hubble SM4 ERO Team. Aleksander Friedmann did not live to see the impact of his discovery. He died in 1925. The significance of his work was not appreciated until two years …
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Butterfly — Preludio Violin Partita No.3, Johann Sebastian Bach
February 20, 2019 -
Butterfly – The Painting
February 19, 2019[masterslider id=”13″] In this part of the blog I will explain in detail the decisions I take, the techniques, the colors and type of brushes I use to make the paintings from the very beginning so that if you decide to start painting on your own, you can use this as a guide. Painting astronomical …
A Dash Against the Green
March 21, 2016
Diana P. Battefeld, A Dash Against the Green, 2016 [Oil on Canvas].
Einstein Rings
February 23, 2016
Diana P. Battefeld (2015.) Strong Gravitational Lensing, Diana P. Campion, 2016 [Oil on Canvas].
Our Milky Way
February 23, 2016
Our Milky Way, Diana P. Battefeld, 2016 [Watercolor on Paper].
Just a Blob of Gas in Space
January 13, 2016
Diana P. Battefeld, Just a Blob of Gas in Space, 2015 [Oil on Canvas]. Planetary Nebula NGC 2371 – This blob of gas shows the remains of a star that ended its evolutionary life as a white dwarf (this is the fate of our sun in about 5 billion years). The star in the middle …
Black Hole Jet
December 11, 2015
Diana P. Battefeld, Genie, 2015 [Oil on Canvas]. After a composite image NASA/CXC/CfA D.Evans et al, NASA/STScI, STFC/JBO/MERLIN. This painting depicts a jet from a black hole at the center of a galaxy striking the edge of another galaxy, which deflects it. This false color image combines X-rays (purple), optical and ultraviolet (red and orange) …