As the probe whizzes past, paint is already being dabbed, splattered and scumbled. The Pluto flyby is astounding everyone including artists.

[post header image at right by Stella Maria Baer]

Painting influenced by scientific discoveries has a long history we should explore some more one day here on Symbiartic. For now, here are a few works of #sciart that really stood out to me on Twitter, marking this historic event and the images from the NASA team and the New Horizons probe.

Visit Christine Rueter's blog Tychogirl and follow her on Twitter @Tychogirl.

working on paintings of Pluto and its moon Charon. four days until the @NASA #PlutoFlyby pic.twitter.com/6M82cCBM7T — Stella Maria Baer (@StellaMariaBaer) July 10, 2015

this afternoon in the studio pic.twitter.com/QFSjqqlivI — Stella Maria Baer (@StellaMariaBaer) July 13, 2015

Visit Stella Maria Baer's portfolio site, Instagram, Facebook, print shop, and follow her on Twitter @StellaMariaBaer.

Visit Surly Amy's online shop, support her Patreon, find her at Mad Art Lab and follow her on Twitter @SurlyAmy.

Thank you to everyone at NASA and to science-Twitter for making this event so incredible.

A parting sentiment from Christine Rueter:

Have you seen stunning examples of Pluto-New Horizons-inspired art? Let us know on Twitter @Symbiartic or below in the comments.