Portals
Portals

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In 2011 a lover of Hardy's work who had always liked the Galactic Tours 'portal' illustration asked if the original was still available. Since it was from 1981 it was sold long ago, so he asked if something similar could be painted. After long e-mail discussions the result was the large painting seen here: not just one gateway but five! Again, one of these is ruined, but not working (it begs a story). Portals to Infinity has proved very popular as a print, and was even reproduced in the Chinese magazine Fantasy Art: Best Artwork of 2011. (Private collection of R. Haynes.)

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Portals

In 1972 Hardy painted an inhabited planet in a globular cluster for Challenge of the Stars with Patrick Moore, a version of which became a famous album cover. He first painted a 'portal' or gateway to other worlds in 1981, for Galactic Tours with Bob Shaw. 30 years later a commission came from a man who had loved this painting when a boy, for a large painting with not one but five portals.

That might have been the end of the story had it not been for Facebook and a German fan. . . See the whole story in pictures here!