Chris Butler Space Art
Original Paintings

CITIZENS ABOVE AND BELOW

City lights shine beneath puffy summer clouds bathed in the light of a full moon, in a future where mankind inhabits the moon also.

COSMIC EARTH

The Earth, Sun and Moon against a spiral galaxy backdrop. Stunning use of color and composition.

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT

Chris shows us an Earth-crossing asteroid, one of many which menace our planet every year.

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DOWNTOWN

A compelling scene of a hypothetical city on a planet lying on the outskirts of a spiral galaxy.

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CITY LIMITS

What better place to put a moonbase than a crater?.

A communications antenna sits on the rim, while supplies and visitors make their way in and out via a spiral road up the rim.

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HOORAY FOR HADLEYWOOD

The landing site for Apollo 15 was Mt. Hadley, and Hadley Rille, thought to be a volcanic complex.

Chris's humorous revisitation captures the spot before the Lunar rover tracks and Apollo footprints.

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FALLING STAR--THE DEATH OF MIR

Battered and abandoned, with 15 colorful years of service, MIR is scheduled to re-enter the Earth's in a controlled de-orbit March 6, 2001.

This versatile artist has rendered this painting in the style of Russian space artist Andrei Sokolov.

MISTRESS OF THE TIDES

The moon is the major contributor to the rise and fall of the tides on Earth. In the past, the moon was much closer and even more influential.

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