The Best of Bean
A collection of otherworldly paintings goes on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
- By The Editors
- AirSpaceMag.com, July 15, 2009
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Courtesy Alan Bean
Tiptoeing on the Ocean of Storms, 1982, acrylic on Masonite
About this painting, Alan Bean recalls, “I ran next to this crater as if my legs would never get tired. On Earth, I weighed about 150 pounds, and my suit and backpack weighed another 150. On the moon, with its one-sixth gravity, my equipment and I only weighed 50 pounds, making me feel as if I could run forever. The suit is stiff and hard to move at the knee and hip joints, and you learn very quickly to run by keeping the legs stiff and using ankle motion, as if you are dancing on tiptoe.”
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If Mr. Allen Bean hasn't already done so, he should paint Neil Armstrong standing on the lunar surface, maybe next to the LM, because no photograph exist of Armstrong on the moon, except for the photo of his reflection in Buzz Aldrin's visor. EDITORS REPLY: There are three photographs of Armstrong on the moon, but they are not high-quality. http://moonpans.com/Neil_Armstrong_on_the_moon.htm
Posted by JFM on August 6,2009 | 06:33 PM