David A. Hardy, FBIS, FIAAA is the longest-established living space artist in the West, being first published in 1952 . From working almost exclusively in water colours and gouache he has gone on to embrace acrylics, oils, pastels, photography and, since 1991, digital art in …

He has been Artist Guest of Honour at a number of science fiction conventions, including Stucon, Albacon, ArmadaCon, Novacon, the 2007 Eurocon, and Illustrious, the 2011 Eastercon. He was also a guest speaker at the 2012 Microcon at Exeter University.

Having illustrated his first book in 1954, David A. Hardy owns the distinction of being the longest established space artist on the planet. Inspired by American master Chesley Bonestell and Britain's Ralph Smith, Hardy fine-tuned his illustrating techniques painting boxes of chocolates in his job working for Cadbury near his home in England.

2019年7月22日 · Hardy has produced paintings of volcanoes and thunderstorms as dramatic landscapes in their own right, and also for use as reference material for the weather and geography of alien worlds....

David A. Hardy is the longest-established space artist in the West, having been first published in 1952, and now works in both traditional and digital media. He is equally well known for his science fiction work, but always insists upon scientific accuracy!

David Hardy's first published work, a Moonbase, was published in 1952 when he was just 16. View… More than a million asteroids, over 200 of them 100km or more in diameter (but irregular in shape) form belts between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter; though some stray inward, closer to the Sun and so closer to the Earth. View…

David A. Hardy is the longest-established living space artist in the West. He illustrated his first space book in 1954 (for Patrick Moore), and produced his first SF covers in 1970.

David A Hardy is the longest-established living space artist in the West, and has an asteroid named after him! He lives in England and is European Vice President of the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA), and a former Vice President of the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists (ASFA).

David A. Hardy, FBIS, FIAAA I produced my first space art in 1950 at the age of 14. Much later I discovered this was the same year as Alexei Leonov, the Russian cosmonaut/artist, and leading Japanese astronomical artist Kazuaki Iwasaki. I illustrated my first book – Suns, Myths and Men, for Patrick Moore – in 1954 at the age of 18.

The artist David Hardy produced his first space art in 1950, at the age of just 14, and illustrated his first book, entitled “Suns, Myths and Men,” for Patrick Moore in 1954 when he was just 18. Throughout his career David Hardy has concentrated on the painting of space-related artwork and he has been President of the International ...