Portals

In 1981 Hardy worked with SF author Bob Shaw to produce Galactic Tours – a sort of interstellar travel brochure. This included a painting of a 'portal' or gateway, leading to different worlds. In 1974 Hawkwind used a Hardy back cover on Hall of the Mountain Grill. These pieces came together in a most unusual way. To see more, click on the first thumbnail below. . .


Alien Life

Alien Life

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Mountain Grill

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Mountain Portals

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Portals

In 1972 Hardy painted an inhabited planet in a globular cluster for Challenge of the Stars with Patrick Moore, a version of which became a famous album cover. He first painted a 'portal' or gateway to other worlds in 1981, for Galactic Tours with Bob Shaw. 30 years later a commission came from a man who had loved this painting when a boy, for a large painting with not one but five portals.

That might have been the end of the story had it not been for Facebook and a German fan. . . See the whole story in pictures here!