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"D&M" 11x14 commission oil portrait on canvas
"D&M" 11x14 commission oil portrait on canvas
I love love love how this portrait fell together. The photo of the hubby was nice and clear to work from. But the one for M posed a bit of a challenge because though they are good looking people, they just have limited pics of themselves! And I'm such a sucker for love stories and couldn't wait to do this portrait. They've been sweethearts since teens and now successfully married and just attended their eldest daughter's wedding. She found me on Etsy! She originally hired me to do a portrait of her hubby for their anniversary until he found out and was sad that she wasn't going to be painted too. So there ya go, we have, as we do in real life, D&M together forever! And truly is one of the best clients I've ever met. She saw the email and responded SHE LOVES IT and the final payment is in the mail YAY! And this painting is off to Michigan! Hmm there's here left ear peeking twixt her hair which shows fleshy unlike the photo so I don't know what happened there...
Chop chop, I'm in the middle of painting Sandy and Domino now!
Alice Thompson asked me to post old work and open them up for discussion. Ok it's dark and I've stopped painting for now so I can play a little. I've chosen a series I did right before I moved to Arkansas
in 2004. It all started with one painting for a show that EBSQ called "Cirque". After painting the first one, I enjoyed playing with the colors so much that I eventually ended up painting 3! Each one 18'x24" on canvas. The first and last were acrylics; the 2nd in oils. They were originally titled "Cirque 1 -3" lol But after I saw them together, they became the "Leap of Faith" series. Unintentionally, each piece progressively told a story. The first one was tethered like the cirque du soleil performers. The 2nd piece, looks like she went and jumped off with the ball. And the third looks like she has finally mastered the leap and was actually able to float gracefully. All these have sold! This year I sold and shipped the last and my favorite of the three painting #2 to Australia to one of my Ebay buyers who saw the painting in my website :) Man was that a learning experience to send a big flat package there! Incidentally, each was especially composed from my fuzzy head; none was based on a 
specific photo. The first was inspired by someone's Halloween costume, the second one I completely concocted the figure and the background inspired by a ceiling of a building in Cuba, the last one was inspired by a buddhist tent at an annual food bash they hold annually in Sacramento. :) What a triumphant series to be able to sell pieces I made all up in my head. They really made me feel like the artist I want to be when I grow up!
in 2004. It all started with one painting for a show that EBSQ called "Cirque". After painting the first one, I enjoyed playing with the colors so much that I eventually ended up painting 3! Each one 18'x24" on canvas. The first and last were acrylics; the 2nd in oils. They were originally titled "Cirque 1 -3" lol But after I saw them together, they became the "Leap of Faith" series. Unintentionally, each piece progressively told a story. The first one was tethered like the cirque du soleil performers. The 2nd piece, looks like she went and jumped off with the ball. And the third looks like she has finally mastered the leap and was actually able to float gracefully. All these have sold! This year I sold and shipped the last and my favorite of the three painting #2 to Australia to one of my Ebay buyers who saw the painting in my website :) Man was that a learning experience to send a big flat package there! Incidentally, each was especially composed from my fuzzy head; none was based on a 
specific photo. The first was inspired by someone's Halloween costume, the second one I completely concocted the figure and the background inspired by a ceiling of a building in Cuba, the last one was inspired by a buddhist tent at an annual food bash they hold annually in Sacramento. :) What a triumphant series to be able to sell pieces I made all up in my head. They really made me feel like the artist I want to be when I grow up!
Chop chop, I'm in the middle of painting Sandy and Domino now!
