I’m Martin, guitarist for All India Radio and Steve Kilbey/Martin Kennedy, sci-fi & Pink Floyd fan, artist and tragic archivist. Most of these images are scanned from sci-fi magazines and books I’ve been collecting for the last million years.Tumblr (3.0; @martinlkennedy)http://martinlkennedy.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/875f35bd870440afad09fed5eea0de80/tumblr_ml44qwS4Ge1qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Stunning early painting by Tim White - City of the Beast, 1976</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/51167555995http://martinlkennedy.com/post/51167555995Fri, 24 May 2013 06:00:17 +1000space artspace paintingscifi artspaceshipstarshiptim white1976<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/17176a4926eb1a317f14bdea2527ee0a/tumblr_mm93c1PDS91qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The best side of the Moon.</p> <p>Illustration by Antonin Rukl from Amatuer Astronomer 1979</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/51089377566http://martinlkennedy.com/post/51089377566Thu, 23 May 2013 06:00:06 +1000moondark side of the moonastronomical artvintage mapmap<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4a700badd7ecebc9ca4f663fa0bff562/tumblr_mm931chsSj1qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9d808d44c92d2c2db93018c33b2c217a/tumblr_mm931chsSj1qztcdbo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/55cc743c95c2fe0f39ad3bde38eb9467/tumblr_mm931chsSj1qztcdbo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Mars.</p> <p>Illustrations by Antonin Rukl from Amatuer Astronomer 1979</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/51009271904http://martinlkennedy.com/post/51009271904Wed, 22 May 2013 06:00:21 +1000Marsmapsvintage artbook artAstronomyvintage map<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b693ddeb74284193d3013465d033e9db/tumblr_mktsel4Jhl1qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> From my vinyl soundtrack collection. Actually I always thought the original Battlestar Galactica soundtrack was pretty horrible.. too much horn and brass. Loved the reboot soundtrack though.</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50927937575http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50927937575Tue, 21 May 2013 06:00:05 +1000battlestar galacticaVinyl RecordsVinylsoundtrack<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e8193591397da660fc3965d4b3011ee1/tumblr_mkts8lR3fg1qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Computerland ad from Byte magazine 1978</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50845353775http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50845353775Mon, 20 May 2013 06:00:23 +1000byte magazine1978computerlandvintage collectablesvintage magazinesAdvertising<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4d1370039532d962220aa631346b15b5/tumblr_mkts6wyhjm1qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Byte magazine 1978. </p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50752455698http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50752455698Sun, 19 May 2013 06:00:17 +1000Byte magazine1978computersvintage illustrationvintage magazines<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e92c0d51ecb8add7abc2c037bff09071/tumblr_mkts2neq0n1qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Untitled painting by Angus McKie from Harry Harrison’s book ‘Mechanismo’ (1978)</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50670743740http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50670743740Sat, 18 May 2013 06:00:15 +1000space artscifiscifi artscience fictionAngus MckiespaceshipstarshipHarry HarrisonMechanismo1978<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d5428ef266859d30db7cd8bd0ca09305/tumblr_mkts0dDUcU1qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Untitled painting by Bob Layzell from Harry Harrison’s book ‘Mechanismo’ (1978)</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50595568949http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50595568949Fri, 17 May 2013 06:00:07 +1000space artscifi artscifiscience fictionspaceshipstarshipHarry HarrisonMechanismo1978Bob Layzell<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f107176439180bd7855c27d3a3846356/tumblr_mktry1GQoo1qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Untitled painting by Bob Layzell from Harry Harrison’s book ‘Mechanismo’ (1978)</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50514990271http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50514990271Thu, 16 May 2013 06:00:17 +1000space artscifiscience fictionspaceshipstarshipBob LayzellMechanismoHarry Harrison1978<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ec73370477c4544cecd561ecde06a727/tumblr_mmu1hu9kJ31qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" data-ft='{"type":45}'><span class="hasCaption" data-gt='{"timeline_og_unit_click":"1","app_id":"124024574287414","action_type_id":"282366618453208","object_type":"instapp:photo","unit_id":"447280888645770","og_ref":"ogexp"}'>Rather pleased with my new Star Trek tee</span></span></p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50486323143http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50486323143Wed, 15 May 2013 19:10:42 +1000Star Trek TNGwilliam rikercommander rikerscience fictionsci-fi<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2621d59c46ff380916188403493ea30d/tumblr_mktrw1olXR1qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Untitled painting by Bob Layzell from Harry Harrison’s book ‘Mechanismo’ (1978)</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50438794004http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50438794004Wed, 15 May 2013 06:00:16 +1000space artscifiscience fictionspaceshipstarshipscifi artBob LayzellHarry HarrisonMechanismo1978<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6c489c0a02c7e5b76bb93756b9d62299/tumblr_mkts4su2j11qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Apollo 11 free pull out booklet from The Herald newspaper 1970s</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50361087551http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50361087551Tue, 14 May 2013 06:00:30 +1000apollo 11vintage collectablesnewspaperthe herald newspaperspacemanNASA<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a2f348656b94595ae1c1d7be44093bb3/tumblr_mmfdl5KMxx1qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Early 1980s scientific DNA computer graphics.</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50321750119http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50321750119Mon, 13 May 2013 14:41:38 +1000computer artcomputer graphics1980svintage artretro design<p>Depends on the size of the canvas, but usually somewhere between $500 to $1000. Some are less, some are more. I don’t go out of my way to sell them as I find it hard to part with them!</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50291838961http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50291838961Mon, 13 May 2013 07:57:39 +1000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f41a10277c7c78f992acaabad9504d0c/tumblr_mm93t3WFYm1qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another one of my late 90’s painting, dumbly titled ‘Whoops’. Oil on canvas.</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50282798171http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50282798171Mon, 13 May 2013 06:00:20 +1000paintingoil paintingartartistsurrealismsymbolism<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e64c0f1e2bb8e7f9cbb3bc38a0ce1e0a/tumblr_mm93w0Vr8g1qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>‘Star Person 7’ I painted this in early to mid 2000s on a huge canvas.</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50190116205http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50190116205Sun, 12 May 2013 06:00:21 +1000paintingoil paintingsurrealsymbolism<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/05c1477cc1932bad2e630eab5f54b590/tumblr_mm94a2IteB1qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One of my abstract paintings from 2003. Created by scraping back three or four previous paintings on the same canvas (because I hated them), eventually arriving at this.</p> <p>‘Abstract’, 2003, oil on canvas</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50107340531http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50107340531Sat, 11 May 2013 06:00:06 +1000abstract artabstractoil paintingpainting2003artist<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c21d04c0eeb3d369953020d077f8e77d/tumblr_mm93q2YwbV1qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I painted this in the late 1990s. It doesn’t have a title.</p> <p>‘Untitled’ late 1990s oil on canvas</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50031056076http://martinlkennedy.com/post/50031056076Fri, 10 May 2013 06:00:15 +1000artpiantingoil paintingsymbolismsurealsurrealism<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f001e1bfc5e9c264fa4229d9c62ee84f/tumblr_mljgq6R2O71qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Illustration for Lasers article in Future Life magazine 1980</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/49952440416http://martinlkennedy.com/post/49952440416Thu, 09 May 2013 06:00:16 +1000future life magazinevintage illustrationvintage magazinesscience fiction<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/83d05ca2a98ab29602dcad8376cc4681/tumblr_mm93m8RVHY1qztcdbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One of the first of my paintings that actually sold. ‘Forest Eyes’ 1990 oil on canvas.</p>http://martinlkennedy.com/post/49873713573http://martinlkennedy.com/post/49873713573Wed, 08 May 2013 06:00:21 +1000paintingoil paintingsurealismsymbolismartist