Moon Artist

I clipped the story about Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon. Since it’s the 40th anniversary of the first walk on the moon by Apollo 12, I thought it would be fitting to post. He no longer considers himself an astronaut, even though he was there and uses his understanding about the lighting on the moon for accuracy in his paintings, throwing in a little moon dust here and there. I like that he sees himself now as a full time artist.

Here he is during in his astronaut days. You can buy this photo for $125 @ Custodians of History.

The Air & Space Museum is featuring his work in an exhibition as well as others for this event, until January 13th.

I’m not sure if he’s the one who painted the huge mural of the astronaut in the lobby of the museum, but it’s wonderful. I’ve always liked that painting and Mr. Bean’s work is equally realistic. I was surprised to find that his work has so much texture in it.

This is a good comic that states a lot about the government run health care. I couldn’t resist the “out of this world” connection. You can even find art in a health care comic.