The Ship We Call Bedouin
After months stranded on an ancient, unpopulated planet with only a destroyed spacecraft and an enigmatic AI for company, Aon has finally found his way home. Deep within the forgotten city's vast hangar bays lies this: a magnificent vessel from a civilization that vanished hundreds of thousands of years ago, perfectly preserved and waiting.
This is the moment of discovery—when pilot and dog first lay eyes on the ship that will carry them back to the stars. The scale is staggering, the architecture unmistakably bearing the distinctive aesthetic of this lost civilization: those characteristic rings and shapes, that blend of ancient monumentalism and otherworldly technology. Every detail of the massive hull speaks to the advanced engineering of its long-gone creators.
Aon doesn't know it yet, but this ship will become more than just his escape—it will become his home. He'll name her Bedouin, after the nomadic wanderers of Earth's deserts, a fitting title for the vessel that will carry him and Jack across the endless expanse of space on adventures far beyond anything in his former life as a courier.
This painting captures that pivotal instant: standing before impossible salvation, about to step from one life into another entirely.
5x7 feet, featuring Andrew's most detailed work. Part of the Jack the Space Dog series.
Morning Coffee
Stranded on an ancient, unpopulated planet after an emergency space-fold gone wrong, pilot Aeon and his loyal companion Jack the Space Dog have found an unexpected routine. Each morning, Aeon sits against his favorite rock on a cliffside platform, accessible through mysterious doorways within the city below, to take in the view with a cup of coffee while Jack basks in the sun.
The forgotten metropolis rising from the water is hundreds of thousands of years old—its central floating tower and distinctive architecture blending ancient Egyptian and Roman influences with otherworldly technology. Power still flows through the massive underwater station that keeps the city standing and the water at bay, though the civilization that built it has long vanished.
This 3x4 foot painting captures a quiet moment of peace and absurdity: two travelers making the best of an impossible situation, finding beauty in their temporary home while Aeon searches for a way back to the stars.
Part of the Jack the Space Dog series
The Source
"The Source" is a monumental 7x5 foot masterpiece that secretly forms the outline of a human heart within its stunning technological landscape of hand-painted fractals and crystalline structures. This groundbreaking Plus Ultra style painting represents the ultimate fusion of mathematical precision and emotional storytelling.
Fulcrum
The pivotal moment. The point where everything changes.
Stranded for months on an abandoned planet with no way home, Aon and Jack the Space Dog face an impossible choice: undergo a transformation never intended for their species, or remain trapped forever. The AI that has guided them—until now just a disembodied voice haunting the ancient city—manifests for the first time as a small glowing presence, bearing witness to their decision.
This is the moment they merge with the technology of a civilization that vanished hundreds of thousands of years ago. Three luminous bands spin and rotate around them, the signature symbol of this lost people's power—appearing whenever matter transforms into energy, gravity shifts into force, or the impossible becomes real. Aon and Jack choose this together, knowing they may not survive, knowing they will emerge as something wholly new.
They do survive. And in doing so, they become something extraordinary: beings with access to technologies so advanced they appear as magic, able to awaken the dormant wonders scattered across the galaxy. They also become, as the AI knew they must, the inadequately provisioned saviors of existence itself.
Back home, Aon's friend Victus believes he killed him with that experimental folding drive. It's been eight months of silence. He doesn't know that everything—for Aon, for Jack, for the entire galaxy—is about to change.
Full color spectrum palette reserved for the story's most significant moments. Part of the Jack the Space Dog series.
Just a Weekday
A routine stopover in an extraordinary life. Space courier Aon and his faithful companion Jack the Space Dog rest at a campfire beneath twin sunsets on a waypoint planet—just another Tuesday in the vastness of the multidimensional universe.
While Aon dozes against ancient roots, Jack gazes knowingly at the viewer, as if aware of being observed. Behind them rises a massive dual-city tower: a bustling ground-level port where any traveler can dock, and above it, an exclusive citizens-only district separated by a glowing checkpoint. Golden temple bubbles dot the landscape below—this civilization's way of sharing their beliefs with visitors. A mysterious ring orbits the structure, a casual display of technological prowess.
Despite the fantastical setting, this isn't the most remarkable place Aon has visited, nor will it be. The painting's title captures the beautiful mundanity of their adventures: in a life spent traversing impossible worlds and protecting undeveloped planets from outside influence, even magic becomes ordinary.
First painting to feature Jack and Aon together. Created live at Backwoods Music Festival 2023. Part of the "Plus Ultra" series exploring exaggerated depth and perspective.