and the Smithsonian American Art Museum Jess E. DuBois (born in Denver) – artist, advocate of Indian art John Fielder – landscape photographer and nature writer William Henry Jackson (lived in Denver) – photographer for the United States Geological Survey and Union Pacific Railroad, created one of the largest and most expansive western photographic collections in the world Frank Tenney Johnson - western artist related to artists Frederic Remington and Earl Bascom, lived and cowboyed near Hayden Barry Kooser (born in Wheat Ridge; alumnus of Arvada West High School) – Disney artist, fine art painter and CCO of Worker Studio David Burroughs Mattingly (born in Fort Collins) – illustrator and painter known for book covers of science fiction and fantasy literature Amanda Marie Ploegsma, known as Amanda Marie (born in the Netherlands, lives in Colorado) – artist, exhibits across the United States and Europe, alumna of Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, stencilist of storybook imagery in contemporary murals and paintings Robert Reid (lived in Colorado Springs) – painter, instructor at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Cooper Union, and the Broadmoor Academy Wendi Schneider (lives in Denver) – Denver-based photographer of nature and wildlife; often prints on paper vellum with hand-applied layers of gold leaf Astronauts Loren Acton (born 1936) – mission specialist on STS-51-F Jeffrey Ashby (born 1954) – pilot of STS-93 and STS-100; commander of STS-112 Patrick Baudry (born 1946) – payload specialist on STS-51-G John E. Blaha (born 1942) – pilot of STS-29 and STS-33; commander of STS-43 and STS-58; Mission Specialist on STS-79, STS-81, and Mir space station Michael J. Bloomfield (born 1959) – pilot of STS-86 and STS-97; commander of STS-110 Karol J. Bobko (born 1935) – pilot of STS-6; commander of STS-51-D and STS-51-J Eric A. Boe (born 1964) – pilot of STS-126 Vance D. Brand (born 1931) – Mercury astronaut; Apollo docking module pilot on the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project; commander of STS-5, STS-41-B, and STS-35 Roy D. Bridges Jr. (born 1943) – pilot of STS-51-F; director of the Kennedy Space Center (1997–2003); director of Langley Research Center (2003–2005) Curtis Brown (born 1956) – pilot of STS-47, STS-66, and STS-77; commander of STS-85, STS-95, and STS-103 Scott Carpenter (1925–2013) – pilot of Mercury-Atlas 7 (Aurora 7); fourth human to orbit the Earth (1962) Gerald P. Carr (1932–2020) – commander of Skylab 4 (1973–1974) John Casper (born 1943) –