This image has visited me in various forms for a long time now.  I have tried to paint it before, but I could not capture it quite right.  When I finished the underpainting and texture stuff on this canvas, I knew I had the right surface for the Rocket Girl piece. Finally!  And the image unfolded smoothly from there. I really like this piece.  The colors, the textures, the lines, the overall composition, I find it all very exciting and fun!

I would like for this playful painting to light up your home or office with inspiration and daydreams of faraway places.  There are no rules.  Just junk we make up in our heads.  Take to the skies!

How Rocket Girl was created... After the black gesso primer dried, I used a palette knife to apply "texturing gel" around all of the sides and in lines that divided the picture plane into three separate fields.  The gel is clear acrylic emulsion containing teeny tiny glass beads.  It is really neat stuff that sparkles just a bit in the right light. And it feels a little space-age to me. Next, I used knives again, this time to apply color in a loose and playful way to each of the three "windows".  Once that dried, I used traditional paint brushes to layer colors over the whole piece.  And I finished this painting using tiny 18/0 detail brushes to paint the rocket and the stars and the moon and the words.

(The image and textures continue around the sides so you can display your new artwork unframed. This is a digital photo, the scans above are more accurate.)

Rocket Girl was painted on a 6" x 12" stretched canvas.  The sides of this piece DO have staples but they are covered by layers of texture and color and do not detract from the painting.  This painting looks lovely displayed as it is without framing either directly on the wall or on a small decorative easel or stand.  Or it can be easily and affordably framed as it requires no matting or glass.  

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