If you are a lover of art and space alike, this bid is for you!

Chesley Bonestell was an architect, working on landmarks like the Chrysler Building and Golden Gate Bridge, but soon made a reputation for himself as a matte artist in Hollywood, working on such classics as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Citizen Kane. It was when he first began to sketch planets as viewed from their moons that took the art community by storm. In showing planets from a defined visual angle, he introduced a human point of view and our collective human imagination was immediately switched on to the experience of space travel.

With this bid, you'll take home two beautiful prints from the "Dean of Astronomical Artists" - a copy of the famous "Saturn as Seen From Titan" (30"w x 25.5"h), one of the six illustrations by Bonestell published in Life magazine in May 1944, and a signed copy of the 1948 print, "The Conquest of Space" (27.5"w x 23.5"h). As an added bonus, you'll receive two (well-loved and -worn) books he collaborated on with Willy Ley, a Greman-American rocket expert who had fled Nazi Germany in 1935: The Exploration of Mars and The Conquest of Space.

The Conquest of Space features 48 of his breathtaking paintings, including his most famous. Paintings in The Exploration of Mars are no less stunning and the book has been called "a detailed guidebook for mankind's first expedition to Mars." Despite being based on the scientific and engineering capabilities available in 1956, the book remains today a classic in the space engineering field. The New Mexico Museum of Space History rightly says "Bonestell's artwork combined with Ley's optimistic vision of man's future in space dazzled millions of readers across the globe and convinced many that the exploration of outer space was worth whatever risks and costs might be required".

You have no risk in bidding on this beautiful package today, so make it yours!

This beautiful oil painting, I Love That, by Tami Beale is one that would fit in any art-lover's home.

Tami, a self-taught abstract artist in Bellbrook, Ohio, specializes in creating one of a kind, abstract oil and mixed media paintings. Her unique pieces come to life via a brush-less technique, created without the use of thinning agents, which adds a distinctive touch to her work. By her own testimony, Tami's paintings "are filled with color, texture and love".

"From quirky to contemporary, my paintings encompass a diverse range, adding a special vibe to any space. I aim to inspire and ignite the imagination of those who encounter my art, allowing them to discover something new every time they look at it. With my art, I strive to bring a little boldness and beauty into everyday life".

Size with frame: 14" high x 14" wide

"Delaware River" by Wright State University Associate Professor of Art, Ben Montague, is a 2024 Unique Dry Plate Tintype.

The image portrays the remnants of a pier along the Delaware River in Philadelphia. The use of the tintype process evokes historical images of the Western landscape, obscuring the familiarity of the contemporary landscape and preventing it from being firmly placed in any specific time.

Image 6x6" - Size with frame: 11.25" wide x 11.25" high x 1" deep

Gary W. Hinsche, award-winning artist and executive design director of the Ohlmann Group in Dayton, has provided us with this lovely artwork, U, created with epoxy over acrylic on Baltic Birch. This piece is a part of his collection, called AZ, essence of a letterform, a series of large-format acrylic works that represent the culmination of thousands of hours of drawing and four years of work dedicated to expressing the simple essence of a letter, while maintaining the attributes of a fully-developed font: a family of twenty-six letters. And YOU can have the letter U!

To Gary, "...for any work to have value beyond decoration it has to be intellectually or spiritually rooted in an idea that transcends the expected. Art needs to expand the way WE view the world or at least it needs to challenge the obvious and engage the viewer. It's the responsibility of an artist to create a visual bridge between reality and perception. In other words, ART has to change or affect the visual narrative. Challenging realty, interpreting reality and presenting reality differently".

This value is inherently realized in U and you'll be fascinated by the extra dive into Gary's work with the addition of his book, The Essence of a Font" included with the artwork.

Gary has worked with some of the world's most prestigious brands and events, including the 1984 Olympics, the 1994 FIFA Men's World Cup, the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, Teledyne, Vaurnet France, Beckman Coulter, Sutter Health, Vitas, and the National Holocaust Museum. His work has been honored with gold medals from the New York and Los Angeles Art Directors Clubs, AIGA, and the Mead Annual Report Show, and has been featured in Print magazine, Graphis, and (CA) Communications Arts magazine. He has served as the president of the Los Angeles Art Directors Club, sat on the Advisory Board of AIGA/LA and taught for 7 years at the Art Center College of Design.

Gary's work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Cincinnati, Columbus and most recently in the Dana L. Wiley Gallery in Dayton.

Size with frame: 10 1/4" wide x 12 1/4" high x 1" deep

If you've not seen art by Mike Elsass, you really need to see his works in person. This beautiful mixed media painting on metal and sealed with resin, part of his Hot Springs, Arkansas series, is an incredible piece to behold.

Known for weathering and painting rusted steel, Elsass has his art featured in galleries globally, from New York to L.A., to Singapore, France, Germany, Hawaii, and Canada. No one knows better than Mike Elsass that it's not the paint that makes the piece pretty, it's how everything comes together without the boundaries of forethought. Life is enhanced with the reality of what lies beneath it, and no one has come as close to artfully relating this concept to urban resurgence, as beautifully as he.

Hot Springs, Arkansas is 24"x25" and 1" deep and the magnetic mountings on the back allow you to hang it vertically or horizontally as the space (or whim) takes you. A truly lovely piece to add to your collection!