Antique Moon
519-antique-moon-dixon – The graphic illustration presents a stylized, three-panel composite display of the Moon's phases, evoking the aesthetic of antique stipple engravings or lithographs. Arranged horizontally against a neutral gray field, the central full lunar disk is flanked by a waxing gibbous phase on the left and a waning gibbous phase on the right. The rendering employs high-contrast, textured pointillism to delineate major lunar maria, bright highlands, and prominent ray craters like Tycho and Copernicus along the shifting terminators.
518-clavius-crater-from-6-miles-dixon – The great lunar walled plain Clavius as it would look from an altitude of 6 miles; the height of a commercial jet. This is only 10 percent the altitude of the standard Apollo orbit. oil on masonite; 16"x20" © Don Dixon 2021
439-Apollo-11-Flag
439-apollo-11-flag-dixon – The painting depicts the historic deployment of the American flag during the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission on July 20, 1969. Two astronauts anchor the flag into the textured regolith of Tranquility Base, with the Lunar Module Eagle standing prominently behind them. The sun bursts dramatically over the horizon directly behind the spacecraft, casting long shadows forward and illuminating a crescent Earth and a dense field of stars in the vacuum of the lunar sky. Acrylic and gouache study for Hamilton Collection commemorative plate, 1993.
436-Palm-Moon
436-palm-moon-dixon – The image captures a nearly full Moon glowing brightly through a soft, luminous haze in a deep twilight sky. In the foreground, dense, dark silhouettes of palm tree fronds dominate the lower two-thirds of the frame, their intricate, drooping structures contrasting with the smooth gradients of the evening sky. The composition creates a stark juxtaposition between terrestrial tropical flora and the bone-white surface of the lunar disk. digital composite. © 2005 by Don Dixon.
330-apollo-montage-dixon – The painting is a complex commemorative montage celebrating the achievements of the Apollo lunar exploration program. At the center stands the Apollo Lunar Module with the American flag on the lunar surface, flanked on the right by the dramatic liftoff of a Saturn V rocket from its launch pad and an orbiting Command and Service Module above. The surreal composition incorporates symbolic elements including an iconic astronaut bootprint in the regolith, a heavily cratered lunar horizon, a distant crescent Earth, and a stylized, swirling colorful nebula that frames the celestial scene. Hamilton Collection plate commemorating 25th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on moon - acrylic painting by Don Dixon
291-Moon-Ring
291-moon-ring-dixon – the newborn moon orbits within a ring of debris splashed out by the impact that formed it, over a molten earth ; acrylic and gouache 1999
282-Moon-Ice
282-moon-ice-dixon – The illustration depicts a hypothetical deposits of water ice inside a permanently shadowed crater at one of the Moon's poles. The textured, crystalline icy sheets floor the deep basin, reflecting faint, scattered light from surrounding sunlit peaks. In the distance, a rugged, sun-drenched crater wall rises steeply toward a black, star-filled sky, where a detailed full-phase planet Earth hangs low along the lunar horizon.
197-Lunar-Eclipse
197-lunar-eclipse-dixon –The painting depicts a total solar eclipse as viewed from the surface of the Moon, an event known terrestrially as a total lunar eclipse. The dark, unilluminated disk of the Earth blocks the sun, surrounded by a brilliant, fiery ring created by the sunlight filtering through the terrestrial atmosphere. This refracted ring projects a dim, reddish-copper copper glow across the rugged, boulder-strewn lunar landscape in the foreground, while the solar corona stretches out vertically into a dense field of distant stars.
187-Moonscape
187-moonscape-dixon – The painting features an expansive, ground-level view of an untamed lunar landscape, capturing the stark textures of the moon's surface. In the foreground, fine lunar regolith, scattered pebbles, and soft depressions run into highly detailed, rugged hills and crater rims that catch crisp sunlight along their peaks. Rising above the undulating horizon, a highly detailed blue-and-white Earth hangs suspended in a dark, incredibly dense starfield, emphasizing the silence and isolation of the lunar environment.
120-Eclipse-By-Earth
120-eclipse-by-earth-dixon – earth's atmosphere blazes with the glow of all sunsets and sunrises during a lunar eclipse, tinting the moon red ; acrylic on board, 1981
090-Formation-Of-Tycho.jpg
090-formation-of-tycho-dixon –The painting depicts the cataclysmic kinetic impact event that created the prominent lunar crater Tycho. Viewed from a high orbital perspective above a heavily cratered lunar limb, a massive asteroid impact generates a blinding, expanding dome of incandescent plasma and molten ejecta. A towering vertical plume of vaporized rock erupts into the vacuum of space, while powerful concentric shockwaves fracture the surrounding ancient crust across the lunar terrain. ; gouache on illustration board, 1977 by Don Dixon
025-Apollo-17-Carrying-the-Fire
025-apollo-17-carrying-the-fire-dixon – The last expedition to the moon departs on December 7, 1972 in this photograph by Don Dixon from the shore of the Banana river near Cape Canaveral, Florida. The dark shock wave racing across the water heralds the arrival of the thunderous noise of the Saturn V rocket engines. © Don Dixon
010-Tycho-By-Earthlight
010-tycho-by-earthlight-dixon – Earth viewed from the lunar crater Tycho. The Pleiades star cluster is about to be occulted by earth. Oil on canvas panel, 1973. © Don Dixon/cosmographica.com