Gatherr - THE FIRST ARTIST ON THE MOON

Pronounced "Gatherer", but, hey, it's web 2.0 and we leave the last
"e" out right? Gatherr collects the best of this and that from here and
there on the web for no other reason than sharing. It's about stuff
that seemed interesting at the time. Enjoy.

ABOUT

My
name is Tony Johansen. I am an artist. I like art and science and
poetry and books and history and technology and lots more besides.
Every day I am excited by the marvelous things I see in this wonderful
world and beyond. I love the Internet for giving me access to so much.
I am like a sponge for wondrous things or things that make me wonder. This site is really just a
scrapbook. Being on the web, however, means being able to share the
treasures I find. That's me, Tony Johansen, artist who likes to share
my excitement of being alive.

GO MOBILE

Now you can browse Gatherr images on your mobile phone with a special mobile page. The URL you will need is http://gatherr.com/mobile

LINKS

Diary Of An Artist
Studio life of an artist trying to survive in a new technological world.
TonyJohansen.com
My main site, all about my work.
PaintMaking.com
All about making artists paints, pigments, historic colors, safety information and so on.
Go Figure

The story of a painting
Voice In My Head

The story of a portrait of Leo Sayer
Hens Night Ideas

Arty Party's to celebrate beautiful times

Po-mz

Wonderful poetry collected and shared by Tony Johansen

THE FIRST ARTIST ON THE MOON

Alan Bean went to the moon as part of the Apollo 12 mission. He was the only astronaut to go there who made drawings and later made paintings from them. He saw his life mission as being to convey the sense of what he experienced there for future generations. he wanted to leave a personal record as one of the few who were first to go to the moon. He retired from NASA to become a full time painter in 1981. This is his story as an artist.