Mark Heine - artwork is going to the moon

Canadian Artist and Author Mark Heine from Victoria BC is one of several hundred visual artists chosen to be part of the Peregrine Collection bound for the surface of the Moon. Of historical significance, Peregrine Mission One will be the first commercial Moon launch in history and will be the first US lunar landing in over 50 years.

“I’m a child of the space race.” says Heine “I was 7 when Apollo 8 launched. I don’t recall much from those early years, but 53 years later, I can still remember their names … Borman, Lovell and Anders. Apollo 8 was the stuff of dreams for a kid like me, the first manned space flight to leave Earth’s orbit and head out into space. Though it didn’t land on the moon, it proved that the systems of Apollo worked and landing on the Moon was within reach for humanity. Less than 7 months later Neil Armstrong left the first human footprint in lunar dust. It’s exciting to think that soon I’ll have my own small presence on that distant place of my childhood dreams.”

Heine has two digitized paintings to be included in the Astrobotic/DHL MoonBox time capsule. Also included are digital files of some 1200 musicians, poets, authors and other creative endeavors, making Peregrine one of the most diverse and expansive cultural collections ever to go into space.

These two images are headed for the moon: Imminent, study (above)Duress, study (below)

Represented by the Peninsula Gallery in Sidney BC www.pengal.com