Tag: art
Lakewood Artist Guild Exhibit
As a member of Lakewood Artist Guild I received the opportunity to hang 8 of my largest, most creative paintings in the conference room at El Dorado Library in Long Beach CA. If you have the opportunity to stop in between February and end of May 2015, please do! (All pieces are for sale).
Portrait of Soldier
Portrait of Soldier. 16×20″ acrylic on canvas
Acrylic on canvas. Head is 2 inches from top to chin.
This is the original reference photo
This painting was very fun to do. I enjoyed the change in subject matter and the strength of the composition in the original reference photo that didn’t take much altering. The commissioner wanted his face to look more recent, as the original reference photo was taken about 10 years ago.
Tea Paintings, Original Designs. “Tea Box Series”
“Rose Hip Tea” Painted with natural tea colors. Original design (Available in archival Prints)
“Earl Grey” Painted with natural tea colors. Original design (available in archival prints)
“Chai Tea” painted with natural tea stains. Original design. (available in archival prints)
This is something new I have been experimenting with -the natural colors of tea in painting! So I designed a series of my own tea box designs and painted them with natural stains. I always enjoy nature and natural things, so for me this was an exciting method to paint. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to find a satisfactory green with tea and had to substitute some watercolor, but the yellows and reds are all natural. And they smell good too!!
Easter Egg Portrait
Hand-painted acrylic on a blown egg with lace and fabric accents. Finished with a bow and ribbon for hanging and sealed with clear satin finish.
“A Goodnight Rain” Oil painting
“A Goodnight Rain” Oil on stretched canvas 8×10″ (For Sale) This is another oil painting experiment in response to several requests for landscapes. I found the reference photo in my archives from a hay field near Mountain Grove Missouri. A storm had just passed over and the sky was a wash of soft pinks, peaches and brilliant blues, birds were singing and the smell of rain filled the air and a cool breeze blew I had to stop and soak it all up like the dry ground. It was one of those moments where I had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn’t in a fairy tale!
People Portraits
Some watercolor portraits of people that I finished recently. Please check out my commissions and contact info page if you are interested in having one done for you or someone you love!
“The Dotted Line”
This is my latest painting, finished 11/19/13 I loved the composition that the telephone wires created. I also was fascinated with the numerous birds that were perched on every surface. The original is 11×16, making each bird aprox 1/2″ but I attempted to make each one individual and pack on as much detail as I could.
Drawings and Sketches
These are some sketches and drawings that I dug out of my old notebooks. Some are recent and others are from when I was only 15 (in 2002.) These aren’t really commissioned portraits, just things I drew of friends and family, pictures out of magazines, Mom’s old book of actresses as well as some live poses from figure drawing or college classes. Enjoy!
“Abandoned Autumn”
“Parched” Colored Pencil
This is a colored pencil drawing of a water fountain at the state fairgrounds in Missouri. I was fascinated and challenged by the detail and texture of the rock vrs. chrome.
Turtle Race
Sold Recently!
Coon Hunt Mural
This painting was done on the side of a storm shelter. It took me roughly one work-week to complete. It features one of the owner’s Curr dogs, which they bred and raised for coon hunting, and one of their Rocky Mountain horses. This painting was unique in that it wrapped around the corners of the building; an attractive suggestion by the commissioners.
Drug Store Mural, Mountain Grove
This mural was created on the side of an old drug store on the square in Mountain Grove, MO. It is about 27 feet long and 7 feet high. Though the inside of the store is no longer a drug store, the painting was composed from the recollection of old-timers memories and old photos of the outside of the building. The rest was fabricated from imagination. Completed in 2010
