Happy Moon Day!


 

(Photographed by Erin Nicole Bowman)

50 years ago today, man set foot on the moon for the very first time.  A total of 12 men have walked on the moon, beginning with Neil Armstrong.  On four of them are still living — Buzz Aldrin, David Scott, Charles Duke, and Harrison Schmitt.  My hope is that someday, I’ll get to see us return.  Not to climb up on my soapbox, but there’s so much out there to be discovered that it seems tragic and foolish to limit our curiosity and our imagination to just one planet.  I hate to think that there may some day be a day when no one will be around to tell the story of personally walking across the Lunar surface.

In honor of Moon Day, watch as Neil Armstrong takes his steps on the moon back in 1969:

Artist Profile: Morgan Kane (1916 — 2014)


Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds by Morgan Kane

Morgan Kane graduated from the Chicago Art Institute in June of 1942 and then served in the Army during World War II.  He was assigned to Office of Flying Safely, where he illustrated safety posters and flying manuals.  After the war, he pursued a career as an illustrator, moving first to Chicago and then to Connecticut.  Over the course of his long career, Kane illustrated magazines, paperbacks, and film posters.  According to the bio on his website, Morgan Kane was also a trained hypnotist and even served as president of the New York chapter of the National Federation of Hypnotists!

Below are just a few examples of Morgan Kane’s work:

Sitting in the Surf