BOB NEBULA
Bob Nebula is the moniker of UK-based painter and textile artist Mark Hanlon - creating abstract, textured worlds for sci-fi fans and anyone curious about what lies beyond our skies.
A lifelong sci-fi and fantasy obsessive, Mark blends fine art sensibilities with playful science fiction and cosmic horror, weaving tiny narrative moments into richly layered surfaces.
In The Lost Transmissions, each textured surface becomes a fragment from a distant world - evidence of past landings, strange discoveries, and moments lost to deep space.
BOB'S UNIVERSE
Bob’s universe spans three realms:
1. Abstract galactic paintings that read as planetary landscapes and wonders from the void each containing a miniature story of exploration, mishap, or first contact.
2. Bold, graphic visions of imagined beings blending into everyday Earth life.
3. Woven cosmic creations you can hold, hang, or wrap yourself in.
Humour, visual storytelling, and a touch of the uncanny run through it all - inviting you to imagine what else might be out there… and to look sideways at the universe we already have.
EXHIBITIONS
Cosmic Encounter, held in Bruton, Somerset, was Bob Nebula’s first solo exhibition - showcasing ten large-scale portraits of imagined extraterrestrial beings, each with its own backstory.
These works became the first entries in a growing intergalactic archive, fusing sci-fi humour, painterly craft, and deep curiosity about life beyond Earth.