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 Joe
Tucciarone, Was born in Youngstown, Ohio. After
graduating from Youngstown State University with a Master's degree
in physics, he became the artist for the campus planetarium. This
began a stellar career as one of the premier planetarium artists in
the country. He was offered positions at some of the nation's
largest museums and planetariums, but turned them down, preferring
to work at mid-size institutions, disdaining large cities. He has
worked at the Memphis Pink Palace Planetarium, the Universe
Planetarium in Richmond, VA, and the Bradenton Planetarium in
Florida, before settling at the Astronaut Memorial Planetarium near
Kennedy Space Center. He retired from the planetarium business in
1992, and focusing on his art, he teaches astronomy at the local
community college. He married in 1994, and he and his wife Jennifer
now live in the suburban Space Coast of Florida. They have two
daughters, April and Lily. He has recently re-entered the planetaruim field as a part-time show producer.
Joe's works are remarkable and singular in their
precision and texture. He has mastered subtlties of nebulae and
gaseous phenomena, while his lighting and sharply focused landscapes
provide a stark counterpoint to the softness of his background
subjects. His palette of color is unique among our artists, from
popsicle purples to rich blues and siennas. He has a large cult of
fanatic collectors of his prints and originals.
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