Paul Fjeld
Journal Contributor Paul Fjeld, Illustrator/Writer:
- American, born 1955 in Baerum (Oslo), Norway; grew up in Montreal; live in Salem, MA;
- wrote and illustrated articles on the Apollo moon missions from '71 to '73 for The Montreal Star;
- observer to the NASA Art Program on Apollo 17 and Skylab 1 & 2, in Cape Canaveral and Houston;
- was an official NASA Artist on the Apollo/Soyuz Test Project - worked in Mission Control, Houston;
- space paintings on Apollo, Skylab, ASTP, and Space Shuttle used by NASA, CBS News, National Geographic Magazine, Aviation Week & Space Technology, and other publications;
- commissioned paintings done for de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Canadair, Rockwell International, Telesat Canada, GE Astro Space and other aerospace companies;
- airline art commissioned by American Airlines and Pacific Western Airlines; many commissions from airline pilots of Eastern, TWA, Nordair, Air Canada, Canadian and others;
- illustrated joined-wing aircraft for ACA Industries;
- U.S. Air Force artist - flew in F-111, F-4, and F-15 fighter aircraft;
- commissioned by the National Research Council of Canada to document the first Canadian in space mission with Marc Garneau; contract artist to the Canadian Space Agency for Radarsat, space science, and Canada's involvement in the International Space Station;
- commissioned by the Ontario Science Centre to paint the Challenger Learning Centre mural;
- programs 3-D computer graphics; wrote LMSim, an Apollo Lunar Module flight simulator;
- associate producer for Astronomy Toronto on Rogers Cable ('87-'89);
- CBC Newsworld space expert for the Voyager, Galileo, Hubble Space Telescope, and other space missions;
- advisor to the HBO/Tom Hank's series From the Earth to the Moon - wrote the script Spider and worked as crew on the moon set;
- responsible for the LM-13 spacecraft in the Apollo mission exhibit at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Long Island. Wrote, produced and directed the exhibit film An Eagle on the Moon. Developed the trajectory and dynamics for the Apollo 15 lunar landing sequence in the IMAX 3D movie Magnificent Desolation - A Walk on the Moon;
- awarded the 2006 Sandford Flemming Medal from the Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science.