Unearthly Art: Astronaut Alan Bean paints moon from unique perspective
November 8, 2009 by All Art
Filed under Artists & People
SEYMOUR — There may be many artists, but only one can lay claim to having stepped on the surface of a heavenly body.
Astronaut Alan Bean couldn’t be prouder of his career as an astronaut on the 1969 Apollo 12 moon mission, but that was then. Now, he’s an artist whose historic past achievements in space have made him a singular sensation in what he does best — painting.
The result of his concentrated effort in that dimension, have just been released [...]