Posted in Commissions, Dogs, Pet Portaits, tagged basset hound, commission, pet portrait on July 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Minnesota Truman
Several weeks ago I shared with you a portrait I did of a basset hound named Truman who lived in Minnesota. (See that here.) Last week I got this wonderful photo of Truman with his portrait. I love it. But I am sad to report that old Truman is no longer with us. His family had to let him go recently as his cancer had just gotten to bad to live with. 😦
I know that their Truman was well-loved and am so glad that they shared a small part of him with us.
Posted in Commissions, tagged apple, cherry, commission, fruit, grape, pear on May 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »
8 Small Fruit Paintings
A few weeks ago I shared a couple of posts with you about a commission that I have been working on of some small fruit paintings. You can see that here.
Here is a picture of all eight little 5″x7″ acrylic paintings completed. The client picked them up yesterday and she liked them! Yeah!
Posted in Commissions, tagged acrylic, commission, impressionism, Landscape, Marine Corps War Memorial, veterans on November 23, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday Mr. Taylor came by to pick up the painting of the Marine Corps War Memorial that I have been working on the last week or so. He was very happy with it. (Whew!) A friend and good customer (who was also a veteran) was in the shop at the time and so Mr. Taylor explained the significance of the painting to him.
The photo was from around 1963 when he served in the drum corps. He is the first drummer on the second row in the painting. (He was pointing that out to us in this photo.) He described how they had these events every week throughout the summer months and for special occasions. And the two of them talked about Vietnam where they both served. It was so interesting to hear their stories. Thanks Mr. Taylor for the commission and for sharing some of your history with me.
Posted in Commissions, daily painter, tagged acrylic, commission, commissioned painting, daily painter, impressionism, Landscape, Marine Corps War Memorial, Marine Monument, Virginia Artist on November 18, 2013| 2 Comments »
Marine Corps War Memorial in progress
Several months ago while I was in the midst of painting ball parks I got an unusual commission request. A gentleman brought in an old photo that he wanted transformed to canvas of a formation in front of the Marine Corps War Memorial. The photo is probably from the 70’s and he is one of the guys in the formation. This is not something that I ordinarily do but he was insistent so I took the commission. I worked on it this weekend and here is how it is going so far.
Posted in Dogs, tagged acrylic, commission, commissioned painting, daily painter, daily painting, Dogs, impressionism, pet portrait on March 1, 2012| 2 Comments »
Bart, acrylic on canvas, 12″x12″. Commissioned painting.
Posted in daily painter, Pet Portaits, tagged cat, commission, daily painter, daily painting, Landscape, Virginia Artist, watercolor on December 28, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Heidi is a watercolor measuring 11″x14″. She belongs to a friend in Hopkinsville, Kentucky and was commissioned by the daughter as a gift for Christmas.
The Studio 