Tiny Death Star, original upcycled vintage painting

Tiny Death Star
upcycled vintage painting by Heather Castles
12.5 x 10 cm (5 x 4 inch) vintage painting on board
22.5 x 20 cm (9 x 8 inch) vintage frame

This tiny landscape painting has quite a dark, pre-dawn look to it… so adding a luminous moon (with a hint of geek) was what it needed to catch the eye and draw you in for a closer look and to appreciate the painting in detail.  

This painting was unsigned, and I’ve come across at least a dozen of these commercially mass produced landscapes, framed exactly the same way, sometimes the exact composition. Painted by hand, it’s a bit of a cookie cutter style which was produced quickly and cheaply. The style has gone a bit out of vogue so it’s more common to find paintings like this in thrift stores. 

The vintage frame is in very good condition, with a hook ready to display. The art has some minor wear marks on the surface, which are part of the vintage charm. I added pretty vintage paper to the back of the frame to protect the back of the art... the floral pattern was titled "Amy" and was printed in 1979.