Enteprise-D painting in Picard's ready room
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It's a wonderful painting, but I can't help but think of that line from PCU, paraphrased:
"You're putting a picture of the ship on the ship? Don't be that guy."
"You're putting a picture of the ship on the ship? Don't be that guy."
I certainly was. I've been a TNG fan since day one.
I like the idea of the captain having a painting of his current command in his ready room. Although Probert painted it in real life, has there ever been a novel reference as to who painted it in universe? Maybe Starfleet has an official portrait painter who is commissioned to paint any new commissioned ships.
Well, obviously I was - I wish I still had mine, though - and yeah, had to be about '88... Not that I feel old or anything...
One thing I think JMS did right on Babylon 5 was to have pictures and paintings of green Earth in the quarters of the human characters. Like JMS, I too always found it odd that people who work and live in space would decorate their quarters with the very thing they are surrounded by all the time — i.e. ships and space and stars, oh my.
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Rick Sternbach painted the background, and Andrew Probert painted the foreground.
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Rick Sternbach painted the background, and Andrew Probert painted the foreground.
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Over the decades I've had this picture on my wall, I've always been amused by a certain detail--the lighting effects on the hull.
The red "nebula" in the lower left reflects as red off the saucer section, while the yellow "galaxy" reflects as yellow off the star drive section.
A lovely effect, I really like the detail.
But seriously... the red phenomenon is likely thousands of light years in one direction, the yellow thousands of light years in another direction. I doubt the colored light would travel that far and still affect a colored tint on the hull, as if it was a spotlight a kilometer away.
Still a fantastic illustration, one of my faves in all ST.
The red "nebula" in the lower left reflects as red off the saucer section, while the yellow "galaxy" reflects as yellow off the star drive section.
A lovely effect, I really like the detail.
But seriously... the red phenomenon is likely thousands of light years in one direction, the yellow thousands of light years in another direction. I doubt the colored light would travel that far and still affect a colored tint on the hull, as if it was a spotlight a kilometer away.
Still a fantastic illustration, one of my faves in all ST.
At some point after it appeared on the show, this painting was donated to the carrier Enterprise. Roughly a decade ago, it was on display in the ship's library (which also had a pair of Star Trek books at the time); it's probably still there.
Much of the ship's signage c. 2001 also featured a Star Trek Enterprise: a schematic view of the refit 1701/1701-A.
Much of the ship's signage c. 2001 also featured a Star Trek Enterprise: a schematic view of the refit 1701/1701-A.
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That's awesomely appropriate
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I saw the painting and signage while aboard (and borrowed one of the books, The New Voyages 2). I have pictures somewhere.
A few years before, the ship had also used the Star Trek fanfare as its underway replenishment song, but the captain before the then-current one had replaced it with James Brown's "I Feel Good."
A few years before, the ship had also used the Star Trek fanfare as its underway replenishment song, but the captain before the then-current one had replaced it with James Brown's "I Feel Good."
Hey, I remember that! I kick myself still sometimes for not sending off for it, too!
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