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Don Dixon Art Collections

Shop for artwork from Don Dixon based on themed collections. Each image may be purchased as a canvas print, framed print, metal print, and more! Every purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Artwork by Don Dixon

Each image may be purchased as a canvas print, framed print, metal print, and more! Every purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

About Don Dixon

Don Dixon Like all astronomical artists, I was inspired by the work of Chesley Bonestell, who believed that scientific accuracy is essential when depicting the wonders of the universe. Animating early missions to the planets allowed me to be a guest of NASA at several space exploration firsts, such as the Viking 1 landing on Mars and the Pioneer 11 flyby of Saturn, for which I designed the mission logo. I served as Art Director at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles for 29 years.

I'm a Fellow and founding member of the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA). My art has been featured on the covers of Scientific American, Astronomy, Sky and Telescope, Bild der Wissenschaft, and dozens of books ranging from physics compendiums to science fiction novels. My cover painting for Kim Stanley Robinson's novel Red Mars is included in the Planetary Society's digital Martian Library aboard the Phoenix spacecraft, which landed in the Martian arctic in 2008.

Early work was created in oil or acrylic paints. Since the late 1990's, I've worked digitally, although private commissions and murals are still executed with oil paints on canvas or Masonite panel.

My career spans an amazing period of scientific discovery that has transformed the planets from shimmering orbs barely glimpsed through telescopes to bizarre and fascinating worlds. Some of the early paintings on this site depict worlds that might have been, but never were. Nature remains stranger and more beautiful than we can imagine.

You can see more artwork at cosmographica.com