Pioneer and Apollo Astronaut Original Paintings

Alan Bean Original Paintings

Actual pieces of Apollo and the moon itself make up these unique painting-sculptures. And then there is the painting itself, a historic remembrance from the first artist to visit another world.

Astronaut David Scott is carefully adjusting the high gain antenna on his lunar roving vehicle, the LRV. accurately pointing the antenna to earth wasn't hard by any means but he had to be precise so it took a little time. His Apollo 15 mission will be the first to be equipped with a LRV and it will allow him and his sidekick Jim Irwin to be much more effective on the moon than we astronauts were on the previous three missions.
Taking Us All Along
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 Over the years since I changed my profession from NASA astronaut to space artist I have created several paintings of the earth. I enjoyed doing so because it brought back vivid memories of the always amazing sight of our unique blue and white planet floating in the shiny blackness of space.
A Jewel in the Heavens
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 Is Jack Schmitt really skiing on the moon? We can see he is turning his upper body and knees and leaning as we do down here on earth. Let's listen to the downlink conversation back in December of 1972:
Ski the Sculptured Hills 		"Some of my favorite memories of my two moonwalks on Apollo 12 are of just having fun. Sure, every minute on the surface was carefully planned prior to launch, and yes, we had our minds filled with important scientific and engineering concerns and procedures. But, there were just so many strange and wonderful things about this unfamiliar new world. For example, with the moon having only one-sixth the pull of gravity of the earth and also having no atmosphere to slow down moving objects I couldn't resist seeing how far I could throw an occasional rock or two.
Fun Is Anywhere You Can Find It
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 "One of our primary objectives for the first moonwalk was to unload and deploy the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP). These six experiments were stowed during flight inside a large compartment on the back side of the lunar module. For ease of unstowing and carrying to the deployment site the experiments were mounted on one pallet. Their radioisotope thermoelectric generator was mounted on a second. Both fully loaded packages were fragile, bulky, and relatively heavy – 420 earth pounds, 70 moon pounds.
Captain Conrad
Unloading the ALSEP
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Alan Bean Original Sketches

Alan rarely makes separate preliminary pencil sketches, but we have obtained some. These are on paper board, instead of paper sheets. All have multi-vanishing point lines, Not just one or two point perspective. Often his studio is a web of red string-eminating from his easel to walls, floor, and ceiling to get perspective just right.

This was Alan's first sketch/study for a recent painting commission. His adherence to two-point perspective is apparent here. Signed and dated.
First sketch for
"Our World in My Hands" 		A sketch for a recently finished painting. This drawing contains numerous notes on color and shading, and is signed and dated by Alan.
Master Drawing for
"Our World in My Hands" 		This was Alan's first drawing/sketch/study for a small painting which he has sold. Impeccable 2-point perspective, as usual. Signed and dated.
Drawing for
"Were We Giraffes or Gazelles?"