American digital matte artist who painted planetary vistas and alien cities for The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine and Voyager.
Eric Chauvin trained as a traditional matte painter and was among the first to supply Star Trek with paintings created entirely on computer.
From the last seasons of The Next Generation onwards he provided establishing shots for the television series: alien skylines, Starfleet facilities on Earth and views of worlds such as Bajor and Cardassia Prime on Deep Space Nine.
He continued on Star Trek: Voyager, where each new planet in the Delta Quadrant might need a landscape extended beyond the studio set.