#alan bean

Space Artists

I ran across a wonderful site today that mentioned two of my favorite space artists. It brought back many great memories & reminded me how lucky I have been to have experienced the space program up close.

Alan Bean(1932-2018) was extremely cordial & entertaining as he told me about his adventures in space & also his great love for producing his works of art. Mr. Bean(the original...not the comedian) used some of his Apollo-era tools to sculpt the paint & even sprinkled a little moon dust into his paint mixture!

I regret I did not get to meet Alexei Leonov(1934-2019) in person but I did get a signed lithograph of his artwork which was also made into a commemorative stamp.

I saved this meme in 2013, and a full decade later I learned that its real title is “Is Anyone Out There?”

It was painted by Alan Bean, the fourth astronaut to walk on the moon.

Happy Moon Day! July 20, 1969.

Oil painting by astronaut Alan Bean, the fourth man to set foot on the Moon.