The Christmas Elf

I wanted to make a CHristmas card this year and when I went through past photo references, I knew that this little boy would be a perfect Christmas elf! The gold paint on the border is metalic and reflective which gave the whole project a happy jester feel.

The Mage and the Wizard

This was a comission recently completed for a customer as a gift for his father. He asked that follow a specific format and that i depict him as a fire mage and his father as a wizard. It was interesting to paint a picture according to a scene that he saw very clearly in his head. It was a good practice in portraiture as well as in depicting something other then what I myself had in mind.

Family Portraits

This year for Christmas I thought I would try something that I have wanted to do for years. My sister Amanda and I thought it would be great to have family portraits. Here they are, my siblings and I in order of birth. Next, I'll paint my parents. Amanda is the first painting, I am the second, then Rebekah and Johnny!

Seagull for Tiff

I was practicing a few techniques when my Aunt asked if I had anything that might look good in her office. Well, how about a waterscape? I added a quote from Emily Dickinson, one of my favorite poets.

To sleep perchance to dream

The third in the Daycare series! This little girl was also one of the kids from the daycare. When I brought in the painting she very casually pointed out that of course it was her in the painting since it had her castle. I didnt realize before hand that she had a castle in her room at home.

Fairy Drummer

The last painting created for the daycare. The model was one of the children and a delight! I really liked the simplicity of this piece.

A Ship in the Woods

The second painting for the Daycare. I wanted to show children turning one world into another by simply pretending it to be. Its the sort of thing that my siblings and I did all of the time without the help of computer games.