Patches are one tiny example of the work done by the artists celebrated on these pages. Some were outstanding technical illustrators, while others were artists of wide diversity. Here are just a few examples of their other work...
Cooper excelled at rendering perspective views: here he depicts the
X-15 rocket-powered research aircraft, and
a Gemini spacecraft docked to the Agena target vehicle.
Craft’s lament that he was a frustrated cartoonist is borne out
in this detail from one of RCA’s promotional photos, which shows his
depiction of the Apollo 12 crew.
Once Apollo missions started landing at more challenging and
scientifically interesting sites, Elmore was tasked with creating perspective views of the
landing sites, like this one for Apollo 15. The sharp peaks and crater rims
Elmore depicts recall the moonscapes of Chesley Bonestell. The
depiction of the ASTP launch and a portrait of astronaut Michael Collins
demonstrate Elmore’s versatility. My thanks to Elmore’s good
friend Norman Tiller for the ASTP launch image and the Collins portrait.
A speculative fiction image — typical of Freas’ innumerable magazine
and book covers; the wonderfully satirical Great Moments in Medicine:
Presenting the Bill; and a purported self-portrait (though I don’t
quite see him there...).
McCall was a master of both pure imagination, and utter realism:
promotional art for Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey;
one of the scenes from the 5-image lithographic set The Apollo Story;
and McCall’s imagining of an Arizona landscape in the year 3000.
Pinataro enjoyed working in multi-media — the middle
image is a linoleum cut printed on newsprint that she titled
Terminal Entertainment: Marie in her wedding dress. My thanks to
David Rivas for the Little Joe II drawing on the left.
Tiller painted this lovely depiction of the artificial “solar eclipse”
as seen from Soyuz during the ASTP flight, and this concept of
the Space Shuttle, as imagined in 1972. Tiller’s initial training was as a
draftsman, and this exploded parts view shows that his talent in this
area was unsurpassed. My thanks to Norman Tiller for permission to use these
images from his collection.
Tharenos was a talented technical illustrator who created extraordinarily detailed
diagrams of Gemini spacecraft systems, including control panel renderings
that were updated for each spacecraft. Report covers were an opportunity
to show off his more artistic side.
Weber specialized in capturing wildlife in their natural habitat,
especially — but not exclusively — birds.
While Winter is mainly known for his murals, he was very influenced by the
landscape of the southwest. He also returned again and again to images of
horses, and this is one of his more abstract visions of that theme.