he hung the stars

Jesus halfway up a wooden ladder in a deep navy sky, reaching to set one more gold star in place. A crescent moon to the right, painted clouds banked below him, and the ladder running off the bottom of the frame. Navy, ink blue and gold, with the stars painted at a dozen different sizes so the sky reads as depth rather than pattern. Dark on the page, warm on the wall. The print Choose paper or canvas at checkout. Both cost the same, in all three sizes. Paper. Giclée on heavyweight matte art paper with archival pigment inks. Matte, so there is no glare from a night light or a lamp. Ships unframed, rolled in a rigid tube. Canvas. The same giclée printed on cotton canvas, gallery-wrapped over a solid wood stretcher frame. Arrives ready to hang, with no glass over it, which is worth knowing in a child's room. All three sizes are standard 3:4 proportions, which is what the artwork is painted at, so nothing is cropped and the paper print fits an off-the-shelf frame. Sizes 12" × 16" (30 × 41 cm). Beside a cot, or above a changing table. 18" × 24" (46 × 61 cm). Above a nightstand or a reading chair. 30" × 40" (76 × 102 cm). The main wall of a nursery or a child's room. Keep either finish out of direct, all-day sunlight. Handle the paper print by the edges, as fingerprints show on matte stock and do not wipe off.

keep it out of direct sunlight and away from steam. handle it by the edges, never the face — fingerprints show on matte stock and don't wipe off.