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• MIAMI ART WEEK RELEASE • THE LAUNCH DAY COLLECTION • DEC 4TH & 5TH
The


Collection

Artist: Ahkeem Shaw
Title: Launch Day
Date: 2025 - ~
Medium: Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas
Dimensions: Original Canvas Painting 30x40

This is where the story begins. Launch Day captures the exact moment a dream takes flight — that spark when imagination becomes motion.
A young boy, wearing a cardboard box as his pilot’s helmet, launches himself forward with nothing but a soda bottle rocket, bound together by his own shoelaces.
Those laces — taken from his boots — become symbols of resourcefulness and raw creativity. They remind us that visionaries don’t wait for perfect tools; they create with what they have. The cardboard represents imagination, the soda bottle marks ignition, and the bright yellow backdrop radiates the energy of a new beginning.
Created as the first piece in the Launch Day Collection, this painting stands as a trophy for beginnings — for anyone who’s ever dared to start before feeling fully ready.
Launch Day isn’t just about flight. It’s about the courage to build your wings from what’s within reach.


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