I'm David A Hardy (Dave to my friends), and produced my first space art in 1950 at the age of 14. I illustrated my first book ~ Suns, Myths and Men, for Patrick Moore (now Sir Patrick...) ~ in 1954 at the age of 18.
BIO
I have illustrated and produced covers for dozens of books, both fact and fiction, including many by Patrick Moore, some by Arthur C. Clarke and the late Carl Sagan, all of whom own (or owned) my originals, along with Werner von Braun, Isaac Asimov and even Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, among many others!

In 1974 I started writing my own non-fiction books for both children and adults. I've also written a novel, AURORA; A CHILD OF TWO WORLDS (Cosmos). I've worked on SF mags (Fantasy & Science Fiction, Analog, etc.), factual mags (New Scientist, Focus, Astronomy Now, etc.), movies (The Neverending Story, for example), TV (Blake's Seven, The Sky at Night, Cosmos, Horizon, etc.), computer games (Kristal, etc.), record covers (from Hawkwind to Holst's The Planets Suite), video ~ in other words, I don't like to get in a rut...

In 2001 Hardyware was published by Paper Tiger; but May 2004 saw the publication in the UK (October in USA) of a NEW art book with Sir Patrick Moore, entitled Futures: 50 Years in Space (The Challenge of the Stars), which celebrates our unique half-century as author/artist team and compares our ideas about the unverse and space travel in the 50's and 70's with today's reality ~ and future possibilities.

A sample of awards won over the years:

Sir Arthur Clarke 2005 Award for "Best Written Presentation
The AnLab [award by ANALOG readers] in 2003, 2004, and 2005
Lucien Rudaux Memorial Award, 2001 (from the IAAA)
Best Original Art Work: Analog Award - 1983, 1985

I invite you to visit my website David A. Hardy AstroArt.


Sir Arthur Clarke 2005 Award
"Best Written Presentation