Nicole Stott would really like it if she could find her paint kit — in space. ... Nicole Stott with her original photo and watercolor painting as she created aboard the space station in 2009.

It's an image awash in color and curves, like an intense, abstract watercolor painting. The European Space Agency described it as a "celestial cloudscape." Enlarge Image ...

In space, artists can forget about mixing paint colors on a palette and simply add dye to a floating blob, like so: Advertisement Article continues below this ad ...

Little did I know that one day these two passions would combine and I would become the first person to paint a watercolor in space! Advertisement. My journey into space was not a direct one.

The winner of numerous awards, she is currently exhibiting a body of her watercolor and oil paintings in the A-Space Gallery at the New Hope Art Center. Spending time with Seo’s paintings is ...