As child I gotimpressedby the massive Apollo rockets. This series of paintingsdepictmyfascinationfor the impressive rocket, including its Mobile Launcher Platform used for transporting and launching the Saturn V rocket. The platform featured a 120 m LaunchTowerwithnine arms thatpermittedservicing of the vehicle on the launch pad, andswungawayfromit at launch. Not only the launch, witnessed by exciting audiences, but also its construction have been an inspiration for this series. The title "T minus" refersto the NASA countdown procedure.
Build a rocket boys! (60x40)
The press (100x40)
Mission control (50x40)
Lift-Off (unknown artist + myself, oil on oil on canvas)