The AstroArt of David A. Hardy
SciFi & More
SF & Fantasy
Although for many years he worked only as a space artist, in 1970 – just as fiction became fact and men walked on the Moon. View…
Covers
Hardy's first SF cover was for Visions of Tomorrow in 1970. View…
Bhen
In 1975, at a time when public interest in NASA seemed to be waning, Hardy produced the first cover for F&SF to feature 'Bhen', the green alien, smiling bemusedly at the Viking Lander on Mars. View…
Commercial & Ads
In the 1970s Hardy met a science fiction fan who owned and ran a PR company, Vortex PR. View…
Portals
In 1981 Hardy worked with SF author Bob Shaw to produce Galactic Tours – a sort of interstellar travel brochure. View…
Hardware
Astronomical Art is usually defined by its exponents as depicting 'pure' scenes in space or on other worlds; ie. landscapes, stars, planets, nebulae and galaxies as they would appear if we were out there looking at them with our own eyes. View…