8/13/19
11/16/15
11/6/10
Drawing for a Painting
I've recently created a Facebook page for my creations - not just the stuff I draw and paint but everything that my two hands and one brain create. In an effort to promote that new page I'm giving away a free commissioned watercolor portrait (8x10, 1 subject). In order to enter the online drawing all you have to do is visit my FB page, enter the Discussions tab and follow the instructions there. But hurry because the drawing is on Saturday, November 13th. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Out-of-My-Head-and-Onto-the-Canvas/119724201422420
10/27/10
9/24/10
Colors and Shapes
This is a little 5x7 watercolor on paper. Enjoying the freedom of imagination and expression. My kids asked me, "what is it?" My answer ... "whatever you want it to be."
7/15/10
Playing with charcoal, water and color editing - "Silence"
I recently watched a portrait artist use powdered charcoal and water to create a portrait. I have yet to truly understand the medium but here is my first attempt with it. 11x14 charcoal and water on Bristol paper. The top image has been modified by the computer to have a blue cast which I felt imbued an added depth of emotion, the bottom is a close-up of the original.
7/13/10
7/6/10
Sisters
'Sisters' is a painting I did just for the joy of it. The little angel on the left is a dear family friend. Her photo is circa 1940. Water color on paper, 11x14.
5/27/10
Portrait of a Mother
8x10 pencil portrait created from one of the only photographs taken of my friend and client's mother who died when my client was a six-year old girl. As with some of my other restoration type work the reference photo was a trick to work with.
Great-great Grandma of dear friend
This is Nancy McClain, pioneer mother and Great-great (perhaps another "great") Grandmother of my dear friend and client. The only photo of Nancy shows a woman who had endured suffering and heartache. My friend asked me to create a pencil portrait of her grandmother without the hard edge that age and the old photography style created.
3/5/10
President Barack Obama
President Obama. Graphite on paper, 8x10.
I was seeking to create a very textured work with this piece. The lower image shows the texture created in the thickly layed graphite.
I was seeking to create a very textured work with this piece. The lower image shows the texture created in the thickly layed graphite.
1/22/10
Charlie A.
This was done for a friend whose husband of more than 60 years passed away on Tuesday. 16x20 graphite on Bristol paper. The bottom image is a close up of the portrait.
Labels:
graphite portrait,
navy,
pencil portrait,
sailor
1/13/10
Mesa, Arizona Mormon Temple Before Dawn
This is an impressionistic painting of the Mormon temple in Mesa, Arizona. Oil on canvas, 24x30.
Prints available upon request. Original-unframed $500
Prints available upon request. Original-unframed $500
1/6/10
Emma with Violin
Emma with Violin. Oil on canvas board 11x14. First painting of the new year, 2010.
Prints available upon request.
12/14/09
Father and Sons
This is a recent 8x10 pencil portrait commission. Each subject was taken from a large group family photo and repositioned to create a portrait of only the father and his two sons. A satisfying piece to create.
12/11/09
It's all about watercolors these days, or so it seems. This is a recently finished watercolor portrait for a new friend and client from the huge state of Texas. Created from three different photographs (yes, there are only two boys). Boy on the right needed separate head and body shots fused together to generate this pose.
12/3/09
The Old Family Home
My first watercolor landscape done at the request of my dear mother-in-law. It is her childhood home in Northern Idaho. If you've got good eyes you can see the Grand Tetons in the distance.
Labels:
farmhouse,
landscape,
mailboxes,
Tetons,
watercolor
11/27/09
10/3/09
Hold On
This is the wife of an American fallen soldier as her husband's body is returned to it's native soil. He was killed in the line of duty just days after being home for the birth of his first child. It is an 11x14 colored pencil portrait on smooth Bristol paper.
*Just a note to say that somehow this received a blue ribbon at the AZ State Fair. I wasn't finished with it when it was time to take in the entries. I'll finish it and post it when it's done.
9/6/09
This is a work in progress, just felt like posting something new as I haven't worked much this Summer with all of the kids home. This painting still needs skin tone work and detail but is mostly finished and I am quite happy with it's progress as is my client. I should have the finished product ready to post by the middle of September.
6/30/09
6/4/09
Here is a graphite portrait on Strathmore Bristol paper, 11x14. The original photo was beautiful but quite a bit of detail was blurred and there was damage from being handled for so many years (scratches and creases). I was pretty happy with the end result and I believe that my client was as well. As you can see from the original posted above the right (his left) side of his head was missing. So I attempted to create an ear and hair line for him as well as adding a little detail that was either missing or very faint in the photo.
5/2/09
4/22/09
4/2/09
3/31/09
3/13/09
3/11/09
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