Barbara Sheehan Artworks Gallery

• The Veil Nebula

  Oil, Canvas, 24 inches x 36 inches x 1 1/2 inches. This is my third in a series of nebula paintings. I work directly from my computer using the NASA Hubble Telescope website. This painting was featured on the Facebook p…

• Nebula Lagoon

  Oil, Canvas, 30 inches x 48 inches x 1 1/2 inch. Nebula Lagoon was my second Nebula painting... completed in March of 2015, I combined the real nebula Lagoon with a seascape... my thinking is that water will be found so…

• Chaos In The Orion Nebula

  Oil, Canvas, 24 inches x 36 inches x 1/2 inch. This painting was completed in January 2016. The Orion is a favorite of mine because the colors are so unique. I completed a similar painting in February titled "Thousanads…

• Celestial Fireworks

  Oil, Canvas, 36 inches x 36 inches x 1 1/2 inches. "Celestial Fireworks" is one of my most recent works, completed I February 2016. I have started to use transparent colors, and I enjoy the blending of the colors at jus…

• Thousands of Stars in Orion

  Oil, Canvas, 30 inches x 40 inches x 1/2 inch. "Thousands of Stars" in Orion is a twin to another of my paintings "Chaos in The Orion Nebula". It is said that it appears to be an angel in the main part of the painting.…

• On The Edge of The Carnia Nebula

  Oil, Canvas, 24 inches x 48 inches x 1/2 inch. "On The Edge of The Carnia Nebula", is a painting you can almost feel the energy of stars being born and stars dying.

• Nebula NGC

  Oil, Canvas, 48 inches x 24 inches x 1/2 inch. Nebula NGC was my third painting. I realized that I was hooked on trying to replicate what the Hubble Space Telescope eye was seeing, and it was fun! Donated to Danny Perez…

• Me, the Moon and the Sea

  Oil, Canvas, 36 inches x 24 inches x 1/2 inch. This portrait of me was fun to do.... I first painted my body with all my scars I have earned , then painted a thin semi-transparent gown... you cannot see the scars, but I…

• Westerlund 2

  Oil, Canvas, 24 inches x 36 inches x 1/2. Westerlund 2 was my fourth painting in this series, and the colors are stunning. It was featured on the Facebook page of the Hubble Space Telescope on February 5th and received…

• The Hidden Secrets of the Carnia Nebula

  Oil, Canvas, 36 inches x 24 inches x 1/2 inch. The Hidden Secrets of the Carnia Nebula was a fun painting.... I listened to music while putting in the stars, and to the beat of fast music it was a joy to see the end res…

• The Medusa Nebula

  Oil, Canvas, 36 inches x 24 inches x 1/2 inch. The Medusa Nebula - Many colors and layers. The heavens are full of mysterious images like this.

• New View of the Lagoon Nebula

  Oil, Canvas, 36 inches x 24 inches x 1/2 inch. This painting proved difficult to do. The clouds and transparency of the gases were layered on. A lot of drying time between sessions. Donated to St. Bonaventure U in 2022

• Blue Nebula

  Oil, Canvas, 24 inches x 48 inches x 1 1/2 inches. This painting, "Blue Nebula", was chosen by the Facebook Page of the Hubble Space Telescope on December 18th, 2015, which generated over 5000 likes! It was my first neb…

• Pillars of Creation

  Oil, Canvas, 36 inches x 24 inches x 1/2 inch. Pillars of Creation ... It is just a real beauty. One of the first I created in this series, the colors are beautiful, and I really enjoyed creating it. I have since painte…

• Seahorse in The Large Magellanic Cloud

  Oil, Canvas, 36 inches x 48 inches x 1/2 inch. March 2016.

• Trappist 1

  Acrylic, 48 inches x 24 inches x 2 inches. Trappist 1, my newest painting, is my interpretation of what the surface of Trappist 1 would look like. I picture a cold, twilight with a lot of glow .

• Pearl

  Oil, Canvas, 30 inches x 40 inches x 1 inch. Starting to go in a new direction. Love blending the oils into transparent layers. "Pearl".

• The Eagle Nebula

  Oil, Canvas, 36 inches x 48 inches

• The Lynx Arc

  Oil, Canvas, 36 inches x 48 inches. This painting was started in 2016 and completed in 2019. Thirty years ago my husband bought a star named for me from the International Star Registry. It is in the Lynx Constellation s…

• Abstract Art Found in The Carnia Nebbula

  Oil, Canvas, 24 inches x 36 inches

• My World

  My sisters surprised me one day while I was out by bringing together all of my paintings that I had completed up until then. It was a great opportunity to show my work.

• "Starburst Galaxy - Messier 94"

  Acrylic, Canvas, 48 inches x 36 inches x 1 1/4 inch. Aluminum particles and paint pens

• "Starburst Galaxy - close up
• The Rose Galaxy

  Oil, Canvas, 24 inches x 18 inches. This painting is a commissioned piece and took about a month to complete. I wanted to show movement in the background so I used texture using brush strokes going in the same direction…

• "New View of The Lagoon Nebula"

  Acrylic, Canvas, 24 inches x 18 inches. This is the companion piece to the "Infrared - Light View". I have painted this subject in the past but return to it because of the beautiful colors. Donated to St. Bonaventure U…

• The Fairy in The Eagle Nebula

  Oil, Canvas, 48 inches x 24. Oil on canvas, completed November 2019. I did take some artistic license with this Hubble image. I added the moon , wings and a foot to show the image of the fairy. I loved having a little m…

• "Infrared Light -New View"

  Acrylic, Canvas, 24 inches x 18 inches. This is the companion piece to go with the "New View of The Lagoon Nebula". I was interested to show the difference compared to the visible light portrait. Information is from The…

• "The Anromeda Galaxy"

  Acrylic, Canvas, 24 inches x 36 inches. This galaxy has swallowed many galaxies during its lifetime. As dwarf galaxies are pulled apart by gravity, they are also being pulled apart leaving long trailing streams of stars…

• "Let There Be Light"

  Oil, Canvas, 24 inches x 36 inches. This painting was a challenge. I wanted to show the intense bright center while keeping true to the Hubble Space Telescope image, the central area of Orion. I usually name my painting…

• Star birth

  Oil, Canvas, 30 inches x 40 inches x 1 inch. "Star Birth" - based on the Hubble image "N90", containing bright blue newly formed stars in the wing of the Small Magellanic Cloud. The stars have blown out a cavity in the…

• Heavenly Creche

  Oil, Canvas, 36 inches x 24 inches x 1\2 inch. This Hubble image is actually called Pismis 24 and NGC 6357 but to me it looks like a creche for the birth of stars. About 8000 light-years from Earth, it is in the constel…

• Mountains in the sky

  Oil, Canvas, 24 inches x 18 inches x 2 inches

• The Swan Nebula

  Oil, Canvas, 20 inches x 20 inches x 2 inches. I really wanted to call this "The Birth of Darth Vader" because of the ominious looking dark hydroen cloud in the middle. The original Hubble image information is that this…

• Cosmic Holiday Ornament- Planetary nebula NGC 5189

  Seed beads, wire,crystal, Panel, 21 1/2 inches x 28 inches x 1 3/4 inch. This was an unusual project for me, but I really wanted to something different. Using glue as my guide on my brush, I put wire and tiny seed beads…

• "Stardust"

  Oil, Canvas, 30 inches Gallery wrap x 30 inches Gallery wrap. Stardust - oil on canvas - 30 x 30 Inches. Exploding stars, or Supernovae, scatter chemical elements; all the ingredients to produce planets and life. We are…

• "Revealing a Newfound Galaxy"

  Oil, Canvas, 24 inches x 36 inches x 1 inch. Revealing a Newfound Galaxy is my interpretation of what the faraway GN-z11 galaxy might look like. With the pending launch this October of the James Webb Space Telescope, I…

• "Cosmic Reef "

  Oil, Canvas, 30 inches x 40 inches x 1 3/4 inch. "Cosmic Reef" - Hubble captured this image and was chosen by NASA for Hubble's 30th anniversary. MGC 2014 has a distinct bubbly, coral-like appearance. This was fun to pa…

• Pillars of Creation

  Oil, Canvas, 48 inches x 24 inches x 1 inch. Completed December 2021, this subject is one of my favorite Hubble images, and I painted a smaller version six years ago. I am drawn to the wonderful background colors and th…

• "The Overview Effect"

  Seed beads, wire,crystal, Panel, 16 inches x 26 inches x 1 inch. "The Overview Effect" - NASA's interview with writer of the title, Frank Wright, and interviews with astronauts including Nicole Stott, I was inspired to…

• "Cosmic Cliffs - First Glance"

  Acrylic, Paper, 8 1/2 inches x 11 inches. "Cosmic Cliffs - First Glance", was painted just a week after the release of the JWST image. I painted it while on a ship to Alaska, "The Orion". Although quite small, (I usuall…

• The Southern Ring Nebula

  Acrylic, Canvas, 16 inches x 20 inches. One of the newest images from the James Webb Space Telescope inspired this artwork. I added brighter red "blooms" in the background, as I imagined that the exploading star would h…

• The Andromeda Galaxy

  Seed beads, wire,crystal, Panel, 24 inches x 30 inches x 1 inch. This is a very large work with glass seed beads and crystals. Thousands of beads were used. Completed in September 2022. This art has gained a lot of atte…

• Hourglass of light

  Oil, Canvas, 3 feet x 2 feet x 1 inch. New painting, inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope photo taken in November 2022, "The Hourglass of Light", oil on canvas 2 x 3 feet. The blue and orange dust is being shot ou…

• Diamonds in The Sky

  Seed beads, wire,crystal, 11 x 14 x 1 inch

• cosmic tarantula

  Oil, Canvas, 15 x 30 x 1 inch

• "Stellar Sight"

  Oil, Canvas, 30 in x 24 in x 2 in

• "Stellar Sight" side by side

  Seed beads, wire,crystal. A two month project, inspired by the Hubble Space Telescope image of a spiral galaxy, NGC6951, which NASA calls "Stellar Sight". On the left is the large glass seed beads and crystals on a wood…

• "Stellar Sight" - NGC 6951 - Hubble Bead work 2023

  Seed beads, wire,crystal, Panel, 30 in x 24 in x 2 in

• Christmas Past

  Acrylic, Canvas, 30 inches x 20 inches. This art was inspired by a photo I took of old ornaments in a box. I wanted to give them to my sister, and, when I saw the photo I noticed that my reflection was on the ornaments.…

• Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex

  Oil, Canvas, 3 feet x 2 feet x 2 inches. Inspired by the James Webb Space Telescope image released in July 2023, this painting is in Alexandria, Virginia. I so enjoyed painting this beautiful image!

• In My Garden

  Oil, Canvas, 3 feet x 3 feet x 2 inches. Not space art, however this was a fun painting I did from a photo I took. I seem to be drawn to tiny creatures then paint them as large as possible!

• Creation - Naturalist Gallery 2024

  Oil, Canvas, 15 inches x 30 inches x 1 inch. This piece is currently in an online show - Naturalist Gallery - from February 6 to April 7 2024. It is the headline photo for the show. This was such a interesting nebula to…

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• "The Andromeda Galaxy" I am holding, is in a new show https://www.gallerium./gap-2024

  Seed beads, wire,crystal, Panel, 3 feet x 2 feet. My glass seed bead art is in a show by Gallerium, GAP art prize 2024. I am one of 118 international artists chosen. The show will run from August 14 to October 14, the w…

• The Andromedia Gallaxy

  Seed beads, wire,crystal, Panel, 30 x 24 x 1

• The Overview Effect

  Seed beads, wire,crystal, Panel, 16 x 26 x 1

• Star Birth

  Oil, Canvas, 30 x 40 x 1

• The Eagle Nebula

  Oil, Canvas, 48 x 36 x 1

• Star Cluster Pismis 24

  Oil, Canvas, 3 feet x 2 feet x 1 inch. This was inspired by the James Webb space telescope image released in September 2025. I started it in 2025 and finished in 2026. This was a joy to paint, layer after layer of semit…