September 7, 2024 - The fiction of science, the speculation of possibilities created from scientific methods, has intrigued me since I was a child. If given a chance to choose between cowboys, firetrucks, or space toys to play with, I always chose the space toys. Whether a rocket ship or a moon base, I loved the dream of it. History was important to me, too, which reflected time travel, another aspect of science fiction that inspired my imagination. While time travel isn’t really part of Isaac Asimov’s FOUNDATION series, the stretch of time over human history is compelling to me. I’ve been interested for decades in painting many classic science fiction novels, so it was easy to say ‘yes!’ to Tony Geer of Conversation Tree Press when he asked if I’d be interested in painting a limited edition of…