Paul Fjeld
Journal Contributor Paul Fjeld, Illustrator/Writer:
- wrote and illustrated articles on the Apollo moon missions from '71-'73 for The Montreal Star
- observer to the NASA Art Program on Apollo 17, December '72 at Cape Canaveral & Houston
- was an official NASA Artist on the Apollo/Soyuz Test Project - worked in Mission Control
- space paintings on Apollo, Skylab, ASTP, and Space Shuttle used by NASA, CBS News, 'National Geographic Magazine', 'Aviation Week & Space Technology', and other publications. A recent example is the October '89 cover painting of the Galileo project for 'Aviation Week'.
- commissioned paintings done for de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Canadair, Rockwell International, American Airlines, Pacific Western Airlines, Telesat Canada, GE Astro Space and other aerospace companies
- illustrated and designed joined-wing aircraft for Julian Wolkovitch of ACA Industries
- U.S. Air Force artist since 1980 - flown in F-111, F-4, and F-15 fighter aircraft
- commissioned by National Research Council of Canada (later the Canadian Space Agency) to document the first Canadian in Space Mission.and illustrate Canada's involvement in the International Space Station, Radarsat program and space science
- commissioned by the Ontario Science Centre to paint the Challenger Learning Centre mural
- programs 3-D computer graphics applications. Wrote LMSIM, a fully functioning Apollo Lunar Module flight simulator
- was associate producer for "Astronomy Toronto," on Rogers Cable
- was CBC Newsworld space commentator for the Voyager, Galileo, Hubble Space Telescope, and other space missions.
- presently is working on a series of paintings for a book on art and the spaceflight experience and co-writing the book "Moon Lander - The First True Spaceship"
- developing feature projects for Ragnarok Films, Montreal including "The Man Who Stole Mars"