date posted: 06/06/2010
MyMoon Webcast
I'm doing a streaming webcast from my home studio on June 9th at 8pm EDT. Here's a replay of the webcast. It is thru the Lunar and Planetary Institute's cool MyMoon website.
Webcast replay
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date posted: 03/02/2010
Robert T. McCall
Bob McCall, one of the founding fathers of space art passed away February 26,2010. He was 90 years old.
In 1979, I was working at Johnson Space Center as a technical illustrator on a Space Shuttle systems manual. Bob was working on the "Opening the Space Frontier-The Next Giant Step" mural outside the Johnson Space Center's main auditorium. At that time, I was just beginning to consider the possibility of becoming a space artist. Every few days I would go over and watch him paint and exchange a few pleasantries. Eventually, I met with Bob in Building 45 to discuss his work and he drew me a pretty elaborate sketch in a space art book featuring his work. His enthusiasm was contagious and after that meeting I decided to focus on a career in space art.
Over the years, when I have run into Bob at art shows or conferences, he has always been a perfect gentleman and inquired as to what I was working on and what techniques I employed. He and Louise were very welcoming to an artist that was just beginning to get his "brushes" wet. The field has lost one of its founding fathers.
Bob, now you are getting a close-up view of the heavens that your paintings so beautifully opened to the world.
Pat Rawlings
Dripping Springs, Texas
3/1/2010
Bob McCall Memorial
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date posted: 12/17/2009
TEDxNASA
TEDxNASA video of my talk at TEDxNASA on 11/20/2009. This version is on the tedxnasa website.
TEDxNASA Youtube Video
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date posted: 10/28/2009
TEDxNASA
Pat will be talking about how he blends his right brain with left brain folks to get concept art that preserves the best of both hemispheres.TEDxNASA will be at the Christopher Newport University's Ferguson Center for the Arts,
Newport News,Virginia on 11/20/2009
TEDxNASA
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date posted: 10/26/2009
Realtime Procedural Painting on twitpic
Pat is doing a painting of asteroid exploration and is posting progress snaps of the art on twitpic
Pat's twitpic page
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date posted: 05/26/2009
Apollocon Artist Guest of Honor
Pat will be participating in panel discussions and showing his art at Apollocon, June 26-28
Apollocon Website
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date posted: 05/22/2009
Major Site Content Update
Pat's website has had over 140 new pictures added with updates to the bio, news, links,and search sections. There are many new categories to search in the 500 item database.
Pat Rawlings Website
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date posted: 05/22/2009
LBJ Library Art Show
The LBJ presidential Library on the University of Texas campus features a one-man show of Pat's lunar themed art from May 15-September 8.
LBJ Library Press Release
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date posted: 05/22/2009
Pat's on Twitter
Pat's Twitter page
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date posted: 02/02/2005
Wired.com Interview
Wired news interviews Pat on the ins-and-outs of being a space artist producing artwork for NASA.
Wired.com Story
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date posted: 10/01/2004
X Prize Launch 1
Pat and wife Linda attended the launch of SpaceShipOne from Mojave Airport. The White Knight "mothership" carrying SpaceShipOne took off just a few feet from the VIP viewing area. Viewers were later able to watch the entire rocket boost sequence with the unaided eye as well as a live telecast on a Jumbotron display. After watching the image on the screen rotate dramatically as the rocket went into a spin the image stabilized as Pilot Mike Melvill corrected the vehicle's attitude. About 30 minutes later SpaceShipOne landed on a strip very close to the viewing area. What a trip!
X Prize Website
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date posted: 09/24/2004
Freeman City-County Library Mural
On October 5, 2004 a 9' x 27' mural by Pat Rawlings with assistance from Faisal Ali will be unveiled at 7 pm. This mural is the largest digital image ever produced by the artist.
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date posted: 09/24/2004
New York Times Art
The New York Times commissioned Rawlings to produce an image of a recently discovered planet around star Gliese 436. This tidally locked palnet might have a habitable zone around the terminator. The image ran as a 1/2 page cover illustration on the 9/21/04 Times' Science News section.
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date posted: 09/24/2004
Astronomy Magazine Art
Astronomy magazine commissioned an illustration of Very Large Space Telescope which may be located in a permanently shadowed crater at the Moon’s south pole. This illustration appeared in the October 2004 issue of the magazine.
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date posted: 09/24/2004
Popular Mechanics Magazine Art
In this commission for Popular Mechanics the artist created a diagrammatic 2 page spread image of the Solar System.
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date posted: 09/24/2004
Bush Exploration Speech
On January 14, 2004 President George W. Bush announced a new exploration plan for the U.S. against a backdrop of exploration images - 11 of which were created by Pat Rawlings.
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date posted: 09/24/2004
Rotary Armstrong Portrait
Pat Rawlings was selected to paint the official portrait of Neil Armstrong for the 2004 Rotary National Space Achievement Award.
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