That's How it felt to Walk on the Moon by Alan Bean

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“That's how it Felt to Walk on the Moon”
by Alan Bean
Limited Edition Signed Print: 308/850
Published: Greenwich Workshop, 1988 SOLD OUT EDITION
Image Size: 22.75" x 31.5”
Selling Price: $600

About the Art: "This is my answer to the question I've been asked most often since November 19, 1969. I felt a long, long way from the people and places I love the most. It seemed unreal...impossible. From time to time I would look down and say to myself, "this is the moon." And then, I would look up at a small, beautiful, birght blue and white sphere hanging in the mysterious, luminous black sky and think, " that is the earth." Words have never expressed what I experienced, but I thing that in this work I have captured some of the excitement and exhilaration I felt. I wanted an eye-arresting image, somthing to communicate the excitement of being on the moon, so I began experimenting with "exciting" colors - bright primary tones. But that didn't feel right. then as I worked, I began to see a rainbow effect in the layersof paint. That feeling, of all colors being mixed but also harmonizing, finally allowed me to tell how it felt to walk on the moon." A. Bean

About the Artist: “I want to create paintings that record mankind’s first exploration of another world. Space is our frontier, and beginning its exploration may be our generation’s greatest contribution to human history.” These are the words of Alan Bean, space Artist, Apollo XII astronaut and Skylab II commander. Born in 1932 in Wheeler, Texas, in 1950 Alan Bean was selected for an NROTC Scholarship at the University of Texas at Austin. After earning a BS degree in Engineering, he was commissioned Ensign in the US Navy in 1955.

Holder of eleven world records in space and astronautics as well as numerous national and international honors, Alan Bean has had one of the most distinguished peace-time careers. His awards include two NASA Distinguished Service Medals, two Navy Distinguished Service Medals, the Yuri Gagarin gold Medal and the Robert J. Collier Trophy. As the lunar module pilot in 1969 on Apollo XII, he became the fourth of only twelve men to ever walk on the moon. As the spacecraft commander of Skylab Mission II, he set a world record of 24,400,000 miles in the 59-day flight. He has now launched himself successfully into a new career as artist. When not flying, Bean always enjoyed painting as a hobby. Beginning with night classes at St. Mary’s college in Maryland in 1962, Alan experimented with landscapes. All during training and between missions as a test pilot and astronaut, he continued private art lessons. Even on trips in space, his artist’s eye and talent enabled him to carry away impressions of the moon and space to later be recorded on canvas. The space program was an unprecedented achievement. Bean realized that most of those who actively participated in this incredible adventure would be gone in thirty or forty years. He knew that if any credible artistic impressions were to remain for future generations, he must paint them now. Since 1981, when he resigned his position as Chief of Astronaut Training with NASA, he has devoted himself full time to painting our new frontier.