$20 or @25 w/ shipping

I do these original one of a kind your pet custom portraits. 

They are ink sketches, then watercolored.

They come on a high quality 9X12 piece of watercolor paper.

Contact me for more details... 

They sell for $20 ($25w/ shipping) now but after
Christmas will be going to $30
Children/people are $75
Houses are $50

573-275-7039 shane.rocket@yahoo.com

newest

this is made with my trusty phone. the map and words are from importing it into photoshop but everything else is from about 7 different apps..... the photo was taken yesterday in illinois

iphone art

I took and edited this with my iphone i have 12GB of photos on my phone. i might need intervention

huge solo show at the Humane Society...

the first time the artdogs are in public!!! i had lots of feedback but didn't sell any. and i even bid on my cardinal dog to keep him, so i paid 27.50 right after finishing him for the show. i want to submit them to an artdoll magazine and maybe hit the radar through that outlet for their quality and craft.

i watched a woman reading this story about a dog to five young children. this is exactly what i had planned for this artwork which were not for sale. i want the pieces to be educational and to open a dialogue.

i sold 4 12x12 prints and one 10x10 print!! $75% went to the Humane Society!!! this was great since they are Humane Society animals!



the show was overall a big success for this town. we made $402 for the shelter and i made $151 so i think it was well worth it. we had about 100 people show up which was not as many as i wanted to see. :( but i can say there were a lot of other things to do that night and we were outside of town. the shelter didn't have to pay for anything which was a bonus, we got all things donated or we paid for them ourselves between a few of us who got behind this show... we plan to get the art students at the high schools involved next show. parents and family of kids will come out in droves!!!! and hopefully have checkbooks out and ready. :)

photOGRAPHY rocket style...

fairydog....

working on these ArtDogs is way too much fun, i am thoroughly addicted, now i just need more boy barbies! the newest dog is a fairydog. she will be complete with a set of wings that most fairies would die for..... you will just have to use your imagination until i finish her!

the rocket has landed...

gone, that's where i have been.
on multiple levels.
vacation to the white sandy beaches of florida.
big time 48hr film festival, by myself & sick.
month long infection of sinus/lungs.
many dr. visits with a recent ER trip in there.
allergic reaction to a second antibiotic.
house arrest from dr for 4 days due to my allergic reaction?!
who'da thought the sun was the cause of the reaction?
stress from two of my special needs dogs needing extra, extra, extra

you may think this is a complaint post, but alas...
i have pulled through, still breath and had an enormous breakthrough in my art

H.U.G.E.

i think i have my niche. a "thing"
i can grow this from a love of animals (dogs)
and possibly make other people happy as well. (&make my wife a million dollars) ;)

ArtDogs ---that is what i am calling them.

three of these ArtDogs have "come about", pouring out of my imagination which at times i can't seem to shut off. i have taken to carrying around a little pocket sized blank book to write all this insanity into. i dream about things and write them down, a color, a shape. my mind just won't stop spinning from all of these ideas. i can build things in my mind before i actually build them in the real world. crazy i know...a form of problem solving with-out the screw-ups. (usually) :) i have sooo many more of these dogs ready to be made...

everything i have made has brought me to these ArtDogs and i am more excited about these than anything i have created thus far. and people you have no idea the amount of art i have created. this photo isn't the greatest and the girl on the left isn't finished shown here.

from left to right,
DerbyDog
LucyDog
SuperDog

when i get the DerbyDog finished i plan to photograph them better.
then you will see the details, which are pretty cool!

PS, i am also making one of a kind jewelry and healthy dog biscuits all sold here on my ETSY store... link

random rockets,

why yes i did get to hold and play with a timber rattlesnake for a story for work. i also got his latest shed skin in the mail which to me, is a treasure. his name is Hollywood and he is 60inches long and over 7lbs.

a photo from the arch in st. louis awhile back. just one leg of the arch that is...

even tragedy can be pretty, a grain bin explosion hurting four people, but the rainbow is amazing!

a shot of some flowers in my front yard from a worms perspective of course.... :0)

making art...

this has been edited ....!
all of these actually have been.
i've taken all of these with my iphone
photographed around me during work
or when i see something i like while just hanging out.
i have added photos together,
added effects to them,
i am addicted to photography
and think i may need an intervention.
ALSO- not blogging much cause i have
been making other types of art like crazy!
sculpture,
fiber,
wood,
video,

meet: TEAM rocket...

i did it,
i entered the 48hour film festival.
i was asked to be a part of a great group but i decided to do one on my own.
i realized last fall i like to work on my own. if i have a vision i want to plan and execute it myself.

i also think it would be a serious challenge.
my BFA degree artsy fartsy self is ready, maybe...

the categories are;
you pull one of these out of a hat,

Buddy Film

Comedy

Drama

Fantasy

Film de Femme

Film Noir

Horror

Mockumentary

Musical or Western

Road Movie

Romance

Sci Fi

Silent Film

Thriller/Suspense

OR if you like you can try for a redo by selecting one of the wild cards, problem is if you do pull one of the wild cards you have to do that wild card. you can't go back to the regular one you picked first.

2010 Wild Card Genres

• Adventure Serial
• Dark Comedy
• Foreign Film
• Heist
• Historical Fiction/Period Piece
• Mystery
• Surprise Ending
• Time Travel Movie or Doppelganger Movie

WHAT WOULD YOU WANT???? i am totally at a loss for what i want. this might be a good thing since it will leave me open for anything. i still have to google a couple since i don't even know what they are... i kinda think the mokumentary would be GREAT fun! i can't wait for june!!! bring it! i may shoot the entire thing on my iphone... since alas i have no camcorder... but that may make things fun.

go ahead click on this title, you know you wanna...

i saw a shooting star tonight,

i sold another print from my etsy store... this makes me crazy excited! it sold to a person in Tampa Florida, my dream city to live in. so even if i can't live there my art is gonna!!!

also one of the three art pieces i donated to the Humane Society Auction Dinner sold to a cool older lady whom i saw with it. i went over to her and told her i took the photo in Chicago. (i was walking around randomly by myself while it was sprinkling and took a shot of a bicycle. it was then framed &matted". we start talking and she drops this bomb... ok get this..... dummm dumm dummmmm.... are you holding your breath and sitting down...she says she has an original "ORIGINAL" picasso, yes i said picasso..... the guy who is an artistic genius.. yeah that guy. p.i.c.a.s.s.o. best part, she is hanging her rocket original RIGHT NEXT TO HER ORIGINAL PICASSO!!!!!! holy shitballs. i am hanging next to a picasso! and then she asked me to sign the print for her, could have blown me over with a feather...

i also have a sculpture show that i was asked to be in on April 2. this is exciting since i made two really cool sculptures for it!!! i will share when they are completely finished. just think old toys..... they are soooo fun! i need to price them so they don't sell.... shhhh don't tell "g". lol

5 rockets...

i got this little guy at an estate sale, he was in the corner of a basement closet on the floor. he is barely 3 inches big. i drive this certain lady crazy i see on/off through the summer at these things cause i always tend to find the stuff they don't price. they either consider it trash or they overlook it and then she has to give me a price on the fly, i think he was a quarter. he HAD to come home with me. i have him tucked away in a safe place with my other treasures,

this motel is actually still open in a close-by town. i know for a fact i would never stay there but the sign is what i look at every time i drive by. i couldn't even tell you what's on the other side of the road.... and yes it is named after the ol' ABE.

If i would have listened to the person giving me grief about going on this mini adventure i would never have gotten this shot. i cherish the fact that i can think for myself and still went on my walk-about. i met an amazing old guy and got some fabulous shots!

i.heart.graffiti. i can't read it but i sure can look at the color choices, lines, shapes with a sense of wonder at the creativity it took to do this artform. we have railroad tracks nearby and i am treated with a train occasionally with "tags" all over it. this was one train and it made me late for work to grab these but hey, five minutes for joy..... i'll take it every time.

i have a lot of time in the work car, driving, visiting cool little unique towns. one of the multiple favorite parts of my job. i get paid to make art..!

hi there...

thank you for riding ROCKET AIR, and now enjoy the stay!