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Mason

24″x24″ My Nephew larger than life. This is the first portrait that I did in this style and it continues to be my favorite. His messy hair, crooked smile, squinty eyes, chubby cheeks, and jammies are all very Mason. I took his and his sisters photographs when I was visiting last spring. When I tookContinue reading “Mason”

Siblings

These two paintings are a set. Next week I’m taking Cade’s portrait in to be professionally photographed so the image will look as accurate as his sisters. It’s hard for me to photograph color accurately. The background colors are the same in the actual paintings. Here Cade is much yellower.

Cade

I finished Cade’s portrait yesterday and am happy with how he turned out. I painted his portrait in a looser style than I did his sisters because I thought the less finessed bolder brushstrokes would look more masculine. Cade has beautiful eyes in real life, very light blue/green. He has a quiet and kind personality andContinue reading “Cade”

Huge Pears

Last year my little sister Sara built a house. She and her husband designed it and my mother and her crew helped build it. My mother is a general contractor, among other things. It’s a cool house, sort of industrial looking with all white walls, and wood, metal, and concrete. Sara was worried that itContinue reading “Huge Pears”

My Guy Portrait #2

He’s getting there. Yesterday I worked on his blue sweatshirt and the background. Both came right together and they are done. Yahoo. I’ll let this guy dry and then come back and give the skin and features another pass. But I am really happy with how he is coming along. Especially his neck and sweatshirt.Continue reading “My Guy Portrait #2”

My Guy Portrait #1

Here’s the progress I made on my guy yesterday. He’s not my guy, he’s my friends son, I could be his mother. I think I mentioned in my last post about him when he was just a line drawing that I was nervous for this portrait. I’m not nervous about painting girls and boys, butContinue reading “My Guy Portrait #1”

Sonrisa

I’ve decided to zero in on portraits. I started going in every direction with painting but my real interest for now is painting portraits and figures. Maybe next year I will tackle the still life. I painted a portrait of this beautiful 13 year old girl. I wanted to paint her portrait because I like her andContinue reading “Sonrisa”

New Portrait

I’m starting a new portrait today. This one is of a 20 year old guy, so I’m moving into new territory. I have painted a few portraits of boys, the oldest being a 15 year old. But 20 year olds look like men not boys. Boys still have that pretty look that girls have andContinue reading “New Portrait”

Portrait #1

8X10 I painted this little gals portrait at the end of last year. Throughout 2015 I painted several portraits but it wasn’t until the end of the year that I felt like portraits were starting to click together. They are always hard and a leap of faith when starting, but seeing peoples faces come toContinue reading “Portrait #1”

Kids on Beach

3’X5′ oil on canvas I’ve been working on this Northern California beach scene. This is a close up of one section. In the painting there are 6 kids playing on the beach, dragging seaweed out of the water, digging holes, and looking for shells. I took a bunch of photographs on a beach in FortContinue reading “Kids on Beach”