Michael Carroll (space artist)
| Michael W. Carroll | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | U.S. |
| Known for | space/science painting |
| Spouse(s) | Caroline |
| Website |
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Michael W. Carroll is an award-winning astronomical artist and science writer. His art has appeared in magazines such as TIME, National Geographic, and Astronomy, and has flown aboard the Russian space station Mir and NASA's Phoenix Mars lander. He is also a founding member of the International Association of Astronomical Artists.
Career
Carroll has written over 25 children's and adult books on subjects ranging from space to paleontology, including a creationist book series for children. He has been commissioned by NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Planetary Society. Carroll was staff artist for the Reuben Fleet Space Theater, one of the world's largest planetariums and OMNIMAX theatres in San Diego.[1]
International Association of Astronomical Artists
In 1981 a group of astronomical artists met in a space art show sponsored by the Planetary Society for the Society's Planetfest, held during the live transmission of close-up photos of Saturn by Voyager II. Carroll was curator of the exhibition. Artists in attendance organized several successive annual workshops; Carroll organized the second, held in Death Valley, California towards the end of 1983. With a rapidly growing membership, the IAAA (International Association of Astronomical Artists) was formally registered as an association of astronomical artists in 1986.[2]
He was one of seven North American space artists invited by the Space Research Institute of the former USSR to attend the Space Future Forum in Moscow in 1987, where he consulted with Soviet scientists and artists. While there, he helped to establish the Dialogues project, a series of workshops and exhibitions involving Soviet, American and European artists. One of his digitized paintings was aboard Russia¹s doomed Mars 96 mission, an original flew aboard Mir, and a third is on the surface of Mars, in digital form, aboard the Phoenix Lander.[3]
Awards
Carroll is the recipient of the 2006 Lucien Rudaux Memorial Award for lifetime achievement in the astronomical arts.[4]
In 2012, he received the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences's Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award.[5][6]
Bibliography
- Michael Carroll at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database - Summary bibliography
Paintings
- "Art Collection". Earth and Space Foundation. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
Books
- Space Art. Watson Guptill. 2007. ISBN 9780823048762.
- The seventh landing : going back to the Moon, this time to stay. Springer. 2009. ISBN 9780387938806.
- Drifting on Alien Winds: Exploring the Skies and Weather of Other Worlds. Springer. 2011. ISBN 9781441969163.
- Living Among Giants: Exploring and Settling the Outer Solar System. Springer. 2014. ISBN 9783319106731.
- On the Shores of Titan's Farthest Sea: A Scientific Novel. Springer. 2015. ISBN 9783319177595.
Articles
- "Futuropolis : how NASA plans to create a permanent presence on the Moon". Analog. 129 (6): 26–34. June 2009.
- "Musings from the First Generation". Analog. 129 (7): 138–141. July–August 2009.
References
- ↑ "Michael Carroll Biography". Nova Space Art. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "The History of the IAAA". International Association of Astronomical Artists. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "About the Artist". "NEW OPPORTUNITIES". Earth and Space Foundation. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "The Lucien Rudaux Memorial Gallery". International Association of Astronomical Artists. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "The Jonathan Eberhart Planetary Sciences Journalism Award". Division for Planetary Sciences. American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- ↑ "DPS 2012 Planetary Science Prize Winners Announced". Division for Planetary Sciences. American Astronomical Society. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
External links
- Michael Carroll bio at official website
- Podcast of Planetary Radio's "Drifting on Alien Winds"
- A Black Hole is NOT a Hole, a children's book illustrated by Michael Carroll (Charlesbridge Publishing, 2012); a few of Carroll's images are on the page.
- Big Bang! The Tongue-Tickling Tale of a Speck that Became Spectacular, an International Reading Association Notable children's book illustrated by Michael Carroll (Charlesbridge Publishing, 2005)