Brian
Smallwood
Brian Smallwood says he's been interested in outer space
since he was a lad. Inspired by the book Voyage to the Stars -- written
by noted astronomer Sir Patrick Moore and illustrated by fellow space
artist David A. Hardy -- Brian painted his first piece of space artwork
on the back of a
cardboard box (seen below). Ironically, the box came from his first
telescope.
He
continued dabbling in fantastic oil landscapes and
produced his first book cover for celebrated fantasy writer
Andre
Norton's Tales of the Witch World in 1987. After earning a science
degree, Brian did work for the long-running BBC series The Sky
at
Night, where he met and befriended the show's host, none other than Sir
Patrick Moore.
Brian and Moore collaborated with former Queen
guitarist and astronmy buff Brian May and astronomer Chris Lintott to
produce the book BANG! The Complete History of the Universe.
Says Brian about the collaboration, "It's been an exhilarating
journey!"
Europa
This
image of Jupiter's moon Europa appeared on the cover of Astronomy Now
magazine and shows its cracked icy crust.
Enceladus,
Moon of Saturn
Enceladus
is one of the innermost moons of Saturn and may have liquid water deep
below its surface.
Globular
Cluster
Commissioned
by the BBC for its long-running
astronomy show The Sky at Night, this view of a globular cluster --
such as M15 -- shows what it would look like from the surface of a
relatively nearby planet. The cluster could host as many as a million
bright stars.
To see more of
Brian's stunning artwork, take the spacecraft to his website
Catch a ride on the
flying saucer back
to the Outer Space Art Gallery homepage
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