A Painted Pluto

My old mentor Børge Ring asked to revisit this painting, done by his hero Norm Ferguson. I happened to have copied it off Van Eaton Galleries' site in 2004 before they sold it...
Fergie's Pluto...< Click on it!
"Paul" was obviously an editor. But what's his last name?

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