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My quaint space by the fireplace. At ease, and hope you stumble upon something interesting.

Artist Showcase: Janine Gallizia

Highly recognised international artist, juror, teacher, organiser of international art shows, Art Director of the The Art of Watercolour magazine and personal advisor to artists and art societies, Janine has won many awards for her paintings and she has gained a reputation as being an artist’s artist.
Artist portrait
Artist portrait
Venetian Silhouette Artist portrait
Venetian Silhouette — Watercolor

A professional artist, international judge, teacher, organiser of international exhibitions, artistic director of the magazine The Art of Watercolour and personal adviser to artists and art societies, Janine has won numerous awards for her paintings and gained a reputation as an artist, offering her help, knowledge and advice to others.

Having lived on three continents, in 5 countries, in contact with thousands of artists from all over the world, she now wishes to share her experience with as many people as possible, with the aim of creating an inspiring, stimulating and effective environment for all those who want to make progress with their painting.

Bookshelf

Currently reading & recently finished books, pulled from my personal shelf.
1984 George Orwell — Reading
A History of Ancient and Medieval India Upinder Singh — Reading
Absolute Batman Scott Snyder — Reading
Absolute Flash Jeff Lemire — Reading
Absolute Green Lantern Al Ewing — Reading
The Department of Truth James Tynion IV — Finished
Batman: Full Moon Rodney Barnes — Finished
Dark Knights of Steel Tom Taylor — Finished
Dreams of a Final Theory Steven Weinberg — Finished
Into the Unbeing Zac Thompson — Finished

Space Showcase: NASA APOD - Superplumes Inside Earth

Why are there huge, unusual masses inside the Earth? No one is sure.
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Courtesy: NASA · 2026-05-04

By noting how earthquakes rumble through our planet's interior, humanity has discovered two deep structures that appear to have unusual temperatures and/or chemical compositions. One hypothesis holds that the superplumes are sunken debris left over from the Earth-shattering collision that created Earth's Moon about 4.5 billion years ago. A competing hypothesis is that they are graveyards for old tectonic plates that slowly slid under each other over the past few billion years. No matter their origin, the superplumes are thought to affect Earth’s surface volcanism, possibly creating, for example, island chains such as Hawaii. Also known as large low-shear-velocity provinces (LLSVPs), Earth's superplumes are visualized in the featured animation..