272-flare-star-dixon – This dramatic science fiction illustration portrays a blonde woman in a blue flight jumpsuit gripping a small dagger inside a spacecraft interior. She looks back with an anxious expression as a large, circular observation window reveals a violent stellar event outside. A massive flare star or red dwarf erupts with roiling plasma filaments, casting a fierce orange glow onto a purple, cratered planet orbiting close to the volatile stellar surface. Unused cover of novel Flare Star, girl caught in mutinous uprising is poised to defend herself, flare star in background. acrylic and gouache on Lintex panel, 1992.
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