Robert McCall has died

http://nasawatch.com/archives/2010/0...rt-mccall.html
If the name doesn't ring a bell, this painting of his certainly will:
http://thisdistractedglobe.com/wp-co...2001poster.jpg
He was a giant in the world of space illustration, ranking right up
there with Chesley Bonestell, and his incredibly energetic paintings
could take your breath away the first time you saw them; there's a
online gallery of them he
http://www.mccallstudios.com/gallery_index.html

Pat

Pat Flannery wrote in news:Y-
hdakotatelephone:

http://nasawatch.com/archives/2010/0...rt-mccall.html
If the name doesn't ring a bell, this painting of his certainly will:
http://thisdistractedglobe.com/wp-co...2001poster.jpg
He was a giant in the world of space illustration, ranking right up
there with Chesley Bonestell, and his incredibly energetic paintings
could take your breath away the first time you saw them; there's a
online gallery of them he
http://www.mccallstudios.com/gallery_index.html

Makin' me feel old, Pat. I remember McCall's work from the 60's.

--Damon

On 3/1/2010 1:58 AM, Damon Hill wrote:

Makin' me feel old, Pat. I remember McCall's work from the 60's.

I didn't realize just how far he went back till I ran into a painting he
did of a prototype Atlas launch from 1959:
http://www.plan59.com/av/av452.htm

Pat