Solar Wind LL Orion – Oil on Canvas – 100 cm x 80 cm
LANGUAGE: SLO | ENG
Title: Stellar Wind
Technique: Oil on canvas
Object Name: LL Orionis
Distance: 1,500 light-years
Viewing Direction: Constellation Orion
This artwork presents a close-up view from the heart of the Orion Nebula (M42), a vast stellar nursery where stars are still forming. At the center of the composition is the young star LL Orionis, surrounded by a beautifully curved bow shock – visible evidence of the powerful interaction between stellar wind and the surrounding interstellar gas. Though still in an early stage of development, LL Orionis already produces a stellar wind stronger than that of our own Sun. As this energetic outflow collides with slower-moving gas from the central region of the nebula, it creates a dramatic shock front. This graceful, glowing arc, curved like a cosmic shell, spans about half a light-year, forming a three-dimensional bowl-like shape that we observe from the side, as seen from Earth.
Using oil paints, the artist captures both the fragility and power of this celestial moment: the motion of invisible flows, the transparency of gases, and subtle variations in density and light. The architecture of gas clouds and wind lines reveals the unseen forces that shape stars – in a space where chaos and order meet.



