Picard's space station painting

Heya folks -

I'm hoping to crowdsource some info.

The painting that Picard has in his quarters - you know, the one of the space station hovering above a planet that is sitting behind his desk? I know it's a Sternbach. I'm hoping to make a print of it for my son's room, but I need a high-res capture to work from.

Can anyone think of an episode where it might have been in full focus? I can think of a few, like Pen Pals, that have a portion of it clearly in focus, but I'm blanking on episodes that show it clearly, so I'm relying on your encyclopedic knowledge of every frame of TNG.

Help a fella out!

Thanks.

 

Looks like this same question was asked a couple of years ago...

https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/picards-space-station.112635/

Is this the picture?


Not sure where you can find the print though, assuming this is the one...

 

@Rick Sternbach has been known to post here. If anyone knows about getting a print of his work....

 

^ that would be amazing. Rick, if you're out there, I'd love some info...

Until then, all I have is snippets I might be able to piece a high res together from. For example, this one:



...from The Battle has a relatively clear section. Can anyone think of other scenes from throughout TNG that might show it clearly?

 

That image enlarged to 32" x 24" isn't pretty. Maybe Rick sells full size repros.

 

Who now owns the original?

 

I would guess either Rick or Paramount, unless it was sold at auction or some production person made off with it.

 

This is the best I could find.

https://91b6be3bd2294a24b7b5-da4c18...ntentItem-859652-5112284-rr10ym9iy1fj7-or.jpg

 

Still no so good enlarged. It's really a nicely done painting, but it's done in an almost fuzzy style that doesn't lend itself to enlargement. Again at 32" x 24"

 

^ Have you considered that the painting might not have been rendered in fine detail to start with?

It's called a soft focus technique.

 

Even if so, the painting is much higher quality than those pics. Looks how much better it looks in the TNG cap.

 

You have to say Rick's name three times to get him to appear.
Rick Sterbach Rick Sterbach Rick Sterbach!

 

Exactly what I was saying, but I didn't know the proper term. I don't really know how big a picture the OP wants, but enlarging anything we can find on the internet isn't going to work.

 

It sounds like about 3' x 2' based on the dimensions @Mojomoe gave earlier. At 60dpi, that would be 2160 x 1440 px. I'm not sure that screencaps are going to work. If @Rick Sternbach is still here, he's the best one to help. It is an amazing painting.

 

I'm a concept artist and digital painter by trade, so my goal would be to find some high-res caps and recreate the piece.

Ideally, for a print we'd be talking at least 24"x36", minimum 300dpi, max of 600dpi.

I should add that my goal is not at all to infringe on Rick's amazing work. To be honest, I'm amazed there isn't already a recreation out there like there is of the Enterprise painting in Picard's ready room (which I had as a kid, lol). My 3 year old is already a huge TNG fan, and I'd love to have this hanging in his room.

 

I wish I had something positive to contribute, but I can't find any snaps of the painting in my files. I believe this was back in the dim reaches of the past when all I had to make images was my Nikon F2 35mm film camera. I did the painting as a bit of a tip o' the hat to Bob McCall, worked on it until like 4 in the morning, snapped a few pix, delivered it to the set decorator folks, and went home to snooze for a while. I've looked through my slide files but nothing so far.

Rick

 

Rick -

Hey man, much thanks for looking. It's interesting to hear the story behind this - any inclination people would still be discussing that 4am painting all these years later? I would assume not.

One artist to another, would you be offended if I did a recreation to hang on my son's wall?

 

Interesting... iffound this when looking for photos of the observation lounge enterpsies.

lo and behold it turns out Ronald D. Moore has the ships after saving them from ending up in a dumpster at Paramount..

OH my.

http://discuss.fleetworkshop.org/t/gold-ships-from-the-observation-lounge/221

 

I'm not even that much of a Trek geek but those are awsome. I'd totally have those on the wall in my living room !