ART

An artist was unable to find a buyer for his 6-foot-4 portrait of Judith Resnik, one of the seven astronauts killed when the shuttle Challenger exploded Jan. 28, 1986. Ralph Herzog, 28, of Norton, Ohio, had hoped to sell the work to an exhibitor for $10,000 with the proceeds going to Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron. But no buyers surfaced, so Herzog gave the painting to Resnik’s father, Marvin Resnik, a San Diego optometrist. “He spent a lot of time and work on it,” Resnik said. “I thanked him very much. The work is well done. We’re considering giving the painting to one of the Air Force museums in California.” The painting pictures Resnik in her blue NASA flight suit, holding her space helmet under her arm.