Bio

Trent Pettry is a self-taught artist based in Utah. He's a graduate of UNC Charlotte, a veteran, a digital creator, and a best-selling author.After a 12-year hiatus from painting, his latest work explores the intersection of science fiction and minimalist grandeur, using contrast, light, and form to evoke awe and beauty across vast, imagined spaces. His paintings often conjure the feeling of otherworldly stillness—expansive, elemental, and contemplative.Trent began painting in 2009, developing a technique he described as “gravitational expressionism”—a process that uses gravity to guide the flow of paint. Long before the widespread popularity of fluid, spin, and pour painting, he was among the early artists in the western U.S. experimenting with this approach as a core element of abstract expression. The result was a style that felt both organic and otherworldly, shaped by physical forces and emotional intuition, and pulsing with rhythm, energy, and movement.His work has been acquired by private collectors, businesses, and institutions including Georgia Southern University and Duke University.For purchasing inquiries, please email [email protected]

Available Paintings (2025)

Tears in Rain

Acrylic on wood panel (2025)
24 x 20 in (61 x 51 cm) | 1.5 in (3.8 cm) depth
Signed front and back | Gloss varnished | Edge-painted in deep blue | Ready to hang
$1150 (includes shipping in the USA)A quiet tribute to memory, sentience, and solitude, Tears in Rain captures a fleeting moment of emotional awakening in a synthetic being.This portrait of an android in the rain evokes the fragile line between artificial and authentic experience. Her face, uplifted and serene, registers something akin to longing—or perhaps peace—as water and emotion merge. The title nods to a legendary monologue from Blade Runner, echoing the idea that even artificial life can grieve the impermanence of moments lost.Rendered in cool blues and accented with vibrant pinks (pink pops brighter than the image shows), the painting is both atmospheric and introspective.

Lucy

Acrylic on wood panel (2025)
24 x 20 in (61 x 51 cm) | 1.5 in (3.8 cm) depth
Signed front and back | Gloss varnished | Edge-painted in deep blue | Ready to hang
$1150 (includes shipping in the USA)"Lucy" is more than an image — she stands as the first of her kind: a bridge between organic emotion and digital precision. Her vivid gaze captures both the wonder and the burden of being truly unique in a world still learning what it means to be alive.

Traveler Ascendant

Acrylic on wood panel (2025)
36 x 24 in (61 x 91 cm) | 1.5 in (3.8 cm) depth
Signed front and back | Satin varnished | Edge-painted black | Ready to hang
$850 (includes shipping in the USA)In the stillness before the storm breaks, the Traveler rises — fractured, silent, but far from dormant. Hovering above a scorched alien surface, it begins to unleash its Light, a radiant torrent piercing the darkness in a final, defiant act. Traveler Ascendant captures this pivotal moment from the Destiny universe — when myth becomes movement and power returns to the sky.Painted in rich acrylics on a wood panel, this piece evokes cosmic awe through deep celestial blues, radiant whites, and golden undertones. Debris orbits its fractured surface like scars of ancient battles, while a single blinding beam ignites the sky below — a symbol of awakening, intervention, and the beginning of the end.Whether you see it as prophecy or rebellion, Traveler Ascendant belongs in the collection of any Destiny fan, sci-fi lover, or seeker of the sublime.

Terminus Rising

Acrylic on wood panel (2025)
36 x 24 in (61 x 91 cm) | 1.5 in (3.8 cm) depth
Signed front and back | Gloss varnished | Edge-painted dark violet | Ready to hang
$850 (includes shipping in the USA)A lone traveler stands at the edge of a new beginning — or perhaps the end of everything known. Set against the backdrop of a towering red world and surreal alien terrain, Terminus Rising captures a quiet yet powerful moment of cosmic awe. The painting draws inspiration from Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series, where Terminus — a remote, unassuming planet — becomes the seed of civilization's last hope.Vivid teals, burning oranges, and deep violets create a striking color palette that evokes vintage sci-fi book covers and modern surrealism. The sharp contrast between the small human figure and the massive celestial body on the horizon invites viewers to reflect on scale, fate, and isolation in the universe.Perfect for fans of space art, sci-fi worldbuilding, and bold visual storytelling, Terminus Rising is a portal to the far reaches of imagination — and the uncertain future that awaits.

Kepler-442b

Acrylic on canvas (2025)
30 x 40 in (76 x 102 cm)
Signed front and back | Satin varnished | Floating frame-mounted | Ready to hang
$750 (includes shipping in the USA)Drifting in the habitable zone of a distant star system, Kepler-442b is one of humanity’s most tantalizing exoplanet discoveries — and this painting imagines what sunset might look like on its surface. Stark, glacial mountains stretch across the foreground, while a massive sun sinks behind a haze of alien clouds, casting long shadows across the frozen terrain.This original acrylic painting captures a surreal and silent world, balancing cool, dark blues with warm, ethereal light. Perfect for lovers of astronomy, science fiction, and minimalistic space art, Kepler-442b invites the viewer to stand still on a distant shore and dream of new frontiers.

The Lake on Tau Ceti

Acrylic on canvas (2025)
30 x 40 in (76 x 102 cm)
Signed front and back | Satin varnished | Floating frame-mounted | Ready to hang
$750 (includes shipping in the USA)Somewhere, twelve light-years from Earth, the sun sets on a world no one has seen. The water is still. The silence is ancient. And in that reflection — something familiar, something waiting.

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Available Abstract Paintings (2009 - 2012)

Available from my private collection. These abstracts helped pioneer and inspire what would become a worldwide phenomenon of pouring and fluid painting that changed the art industry. My abstract work headlined Raw Artists SLC|2011, with long-term exhibitions at The Concept gallery and Philip Williams in Salt Lake City, Utah.(*price includes domestic shipping only)

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