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Student rocket paintings inspired by my rockets from Hangleton Primary School, East Sussex, England, 2026. Thanks to teacher Rose Mills for sending me scans of her 10 - 12 yr olds paintings. These are some of my favorites.

Here I am showing a rocket painting in progress to Alan Bean, Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 12, fourth person to walk on the Moon. This was at Spacefest 2013 in Tuscon. Alan was an accomplished artist, so it was amazing to have him show interest in my work. Photo by Mark Usiac.

Paul Rousso and Robert Zimmerman talk about the influence of artist Peter Thorpe on their art.

Rocket #207 is finished. Acrylic on stretched canvas, 14" x 24". Thanks to all who have supported this series. Doing book covers is really really cool, but the rockets may be cooler!

A primary school teacher from Swansea, Wales, asked me to do a video for her art class of 5- 7 yr olds, explaining why I like space and why I paint rockets.