Solar System Wall Mural

For his two children, Alain wanted to create a massive "Planets of the Solar System" wall mural at home. Initially, he considered painting it directly on the wall but struggled with how to maintain accuracy. He toyed with the idea of projecting an image onto the wall while painting, but after exploring many possibilities, he ultimately decided to create a high-resolution Photoshop photomontage instead.

The concept featured his two children, dressed in astronaut suits with helmets displaying real-time overlays of their surroundings and vital stats. They stand confidently on one of Jupiter’s moons, its rocky surface beneath their feet, posing as if for a space mission photo. Behind them, Jupiter dominates the space, with the planets aligned from left to right—Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury, and a faint Sun in the distance. At the center, Saturn (the lowest resolution image of the set), Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto peek just behind the mountain ridges of the moon. Dante on the left and André on the right show no fear in their cosmic adventure.

With the help of his friend Victor Ostrovsky, Alain had the artwork printed on three large canvas panels, bringing joy to the entire family. Today, these panels still hang proudly in his home, a lasting tribute to imagination and exploration.