This is a show of the Spacescapes in the Tucson Astronomy/Telescope shop Stellar Vision (directions)

It's not really an art show so I did't mind having a little fun with the press release;

Among the telescopes, meteors and space memorabilia in the recently re-located and expanded Stellar Vision Astronomy shop at 3721 E. 37th St. are the Spacescapes by local artist Kirk McCoy as a complement to Tucson’s annual Gem and Mineral Show.

Carved from a stone quarried in southeast Nevada that McCoy calls Farrago, these pieces capture the elegant turbulence of the cosmos. Exploding nebulas, flaming suns and emergent moons give a physical force to something that had, up until now, only been seen through a telescope or as a picture. McCoy began exploring this naturally turbulent stone over 25 years ago while working as a free lance prototyper for various defense contractors, and has worked on a number of updates of the TOW missile for Fairchild/Weston, a division of the company that also produced the A-10 aircraft and invented the CCD camera. His interest in science and astronomy inspired him to create his series of Spacescapes.

As an artist, McCoy has concentrated on bringing one of the oldest art forms, stone carving, into the 21st century by incorporating colorful abstract imagery in a personal approach to each sculpture. Referring to his work as "Paintings carved out of stone," he freely acknowledges being inspired by the abstract painters of modern art. Direct references to such greats as Willem de Kooning, Paul Klee and Georgio de Chirico inform his abstract work just as landscape paintings of distant planets and star structures inspire his "Spacescapes".

Drawn to Tucson four years ago for it's combination of science and arts communities, McCoy has become part of the Downtown arts scene. He has shown with various galleries and loaned work to display in the Campaign Headquarters of the successful re-election of Congressman Raul Grijalva.

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Older fans of Star Trek will no doubt chuckle at the at the coincidence of his name and the main characters in the series, and he has at one time or another been given the nicknames Doc (McCoy), Capt (Kirk), Bones (McCoy again, though more for his 6' 8" tall, thin build), Scotty (for his ability to fix most mechanical problems as well as his Scottish name), and finally, Spock (his first nickname from the series, given to him in High School for his logical and scientific approach). When he first moved out west from Long Island, NY, to and set up a studio and work near to where this unique stone is quarried, the only workable space he found was in the small town of Enterprise, Utah, much to his own chagrin.

Deciding that the quiet, rural life didn't fit this ex-New Yorker, he again pulled up stakes and moved to Tucson, where his only complaint was that he couldn’t get a decent NY style bagel until he started making his own. An accomplished cook, from a family of foodies, he quickly found comfort in the 17th St Market, Caravan foods and the various Oriental markets around town. He took very quickly to the Southwest fare in Tucson.

His sister, Karen Tack, is one of the top food stylists in NYC, whose cookies, cakes and cupcakes grace the covers of Gourmet, Bon Appetit and many other magazines. Her recently published book, Hello Cupcake! has been a success with over a half million copies in print, and she is busy working on a follow-up book and television appearances with Martha Stewart, Rachael Ray, and Kathy Lee Gifford. The December '07 edition of Gourmet Magazine had her Christmas cookies on the cover and a featured article inside.