As an artist who paints commissions, hearing about the reactions of thrilled recipients of my paintings just makes my day. I typically paint several commissions this time of year that are given as gifts, so in the days after Christmas … Continue reading
After many years of wanting to feature a painting on my Christmas cards, followed by a few more years of planning to do so but then running out of time to work out all of the logistics, I finally made it happen! … Continue reading
I painted this oil painting of Uluru – or Ayers Rock – for my mom. We took a family trip to Australia in 2007 (well, it was really my parents’ 25th anniversary trip that I crashed because there was no … Continue reading
This year, I have been fortunate enough to work on more commissioned paintings than ever before in my art career. The only downside is that I have less time to paint fun pieces just for myself. This summer, I squeezed in this set … Continue reading
This is one of the seven painting commissions I completed within the last month to be given as Christmas gifts! This order came from my Etsy shop and was ordered to be given to the customer’s parents. The parents have … Continue reading
I painted this pair of bell pepper paintings as a commission for a repeat customer who I first worked with last year when she asked me to paint a portrait of her house as a Christmas gift for her husband. … Continue reading
I finished this painting last week and delivered it to my customer, Debbie, on Friday. She loves turkeys so much and we spent a great deal of time choosing the perfect reference photo of a turkey. When I revealed this painting to her, Debbie … Continue reading
I finished this painting last week and delivered it to the customer on Friday. It is one in a pair of fall paintings that were commissioned. I will post a picture of the second painting tomorrow! I painted this piece in … Continue reading
I made quite a bit of progress on several pumpkin paintings and finally got around to signing a daisy painting that has been done for several weeks. I am almost done with this pumpkin…I need to do a little more … Continue reading
Roger began the final day of the workshop with a demo. He painted what we all felt was a boring reference photo, and turned it into an absolutely lovely painting. It was really helpful to watch Roger start and finish … Continue reading
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