Nothing like the sun streaming through the studio window on a sunday afternoon. Endless possibilities. This is such a beautiful sight to me. Every weekend i swear i will catch up on overdue work and get some fresh new artwork done. Every weekend flashes by in the blink of an eye and i come up [...]

  Here are some paintings i’ve been working on for my December showing… Softness – 48×40 Depp – 16×20 Creamery – 24×24 Juliet – 48×48 Peacock – 24×30 (in progress)  

Flowershop Sunshine Cherry Pop

….in progress…..a 24 x 30″ gallery wrapped canvas painted with acrylics…stay tuned.

i get commissioned to do illustrations of people for special occasions a fair amount. Weddings and engagements seem to be the most popular. In doing these projects, i spend the bulk of my time working on the faces, and i usually keep the face studies separate from the overall composition sketches. Then, when faces are [...]

This cute surfer is new to the sport and loving it. His awesome mama commissioned this fun illustration to commemorate the birth of a new obsession! : ) The image above is a combo of a pencil sketch and some graphics tablet sketching once the original was scanned and opened in Photoshop. i also was [...]

A work in progress…..client commissioned wood plank siblings portrait. Stage 1 – (above) sand the wood board and draw my portrait in pencil Stage 2 – (below) apply several coats of thin acrylic washes and then carefully ink over the pencil drawing Lastly….add some detail to lashes and hair…cleanup lines and add some finishing touches [...]

i have been experimenting with stretching printed fabrics over my canvas frames and then using clear gesso to prime the surface….then i start painting away!!….here is the first small set of 8x10s. They are done the first paint stage and i will be sketching on them next…then more paint…then more sketching…. hey, they’ll tell me [...]

i know, i know. i’m a broken record! But what can i do? i spend every single weekend working on book pages! i gotta be honest, don’t i? : ) This weekend, i did a lot of making. – Coop and i made daddy his father’s day presents & made MY dad a grandfather’s day [...]

i’ve been working on so many custom pieces, there’s been no time left to create any new prints for my shop! But at least i can share some progress reports with you all. This piece is on gallery wrapped canvas sized 30×40. My sister-in-law commissioned it. She had very specific colors in mind and getting [...]