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  Artist-astronaut
Alan Bean, was the fourth man
to walk on the moon as Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 12, the
second lunar landing. Although it has been more than 30 years,
his footprints still lie undisturbed on the Moon's Ocean of
Storms. He later commanded the second Skylab mission in 1973,
which lasted a record 59 days. Alan abruptly left NASA in 1981
to pursue his lifelong passion for art. A voracious student,
Alan began to immerse himself in polishing his talent with the
same intensity he gave to Apollo. Inspired by the impressionists
and studying under contemporary masters, he is a first-rate
artist who is as comfortable rendering sharp realism as he is
with portraying subtle emotions through a faceless
spacesuit--but there's a bonus: As the only artist who has
visited another world, Bean paints with an authenticity and
insight completely unique in the entire history of art. His is a
personal portfolio of the golden era of space exploration as
viewed by the only artist who has BEEN there.
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