My own paintings divide into astronomical work and terrestrial landscapes. Twenty-five percent proceeds produced through these contacts will go to the scientific work of PSI and/or a fund for travel of graduate students to the annual meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society.ĪSTRONOMICAL ART Gallery of Astronomical ObservatoriesĮruption on Saturn's moon, Enceladus, based on discoveries by Cassini spacecraft. Inquiries about sales can be made through (520) 325-6548 or through my email. Prices of original paintings are currently running $500-2000 and rising. Inquire about reproduction at (520) 622-6300 (PSI), where my secretary is available to facilitate rapid turnaround of images. Many or most of the paintings shown here are available for reproduction and/or purchase. Painting of Swiss scene by Andrew Hartmann, ca. In 1982 I organized the first International Space Art Workshop, in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park - a gathering from which eventually grew the International Association of Astronomical Artists. At the same time I commissioned works from artist friends I was beginning to meet, and learned a lot from them.
Texts at that time were poorly illustrated, and I realized that it might make astronomy more interesting if students could visualize what it might be like to visit various astronomical locations.
I began to develop my painting more seriously in the 1970s when I realized I could use them to illustrate my textbooks. I remember his paintings being all over the walls of our house, which seemed normal - and I regret that I didn't know him long enough to get into his mind to find out why he was painting and what he was thinking. My paternal grandfather, Andrew (Andreas) Hartmann, was an artist who came to the US from Switzerland in 1892. My painting sub-career began with an interest in drawing as a kid.
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