Pet Portraits

Rowan and Diesel

Hannah and Slayer

In Memory of Loki

Painted Canvases for Baby Number Two!

A couple years ago I painted some canvases for a baby girl's bedroom. This spring I got the opportunity to paint another set of canvases to go into her little sisters room!

They were based off the material used to make the quilt.

Vireo and Nika

The last portrait I have done was a couple of Chinooks. Vireo and Nika. This portrait was an anniversary present.

Portrait of Casey

Another portrait I did was for a Christmas present last year. It's a portrait of Casey the Golden Retriever.

Over a Year?!

Holy cow! I just noticed that it has been over a year since I've posted! I guess I have been neglecting my blog :(
I'll try to catch up really quick here. I have done a few projects since last year including a few portraits and some more baby room paitings.
Here's a portrait I did in memory of Sandy:

Auggee and Kess

I got the honor of drawing a portrait of Auggee and Kess as a surprise for their daddy's birthday! Gregg was very surprised at his birthday present and loved it!

Here's the work in progress:

Christmas Portraits

Happy New Year! I haven't been keeping up with the blog as much as I would like. Life has been complicated much of last year. Looking forward to a great year ahead! Time to catch up here really quick. I got the opportunity to do two portrait commissions for Christmas this year

 Dasha and Leyla

 Work in progress

 Working with Carbon and Graphite Pencil

 All finished! Given as a Christmas gift and was a big hit!!

The next portrait is of Chaos. This is his "Play Ball?" look. I loved it since my dog gives us the same look when he wants us to play ball with him. I could really relate with Chaos!

 Chaos wanting to play ball.

 Work in progress

 Working with Carbon and Graphite Pencil

All finished!

New Project!

I got a request to paint some canvases for a baby's room a few months ago. I was a little apprehensive at first but once I got started it actually was a lot of fun. Baby Madeline's grandma had made her an ABC quilt and I was asked to paint an "A", "B", and "C" canvas to match the quilt. They came out nice!

Here's an example of the fabric used for the quilt

Lampshade Art

Tried something new! I hand painted lampshades! Turns out if you want to purchase lamps with graphics on the lampshades you are going to pay 2-3 times as much for them. My friend wanted lampshades with silhouettes of trees and birds so I thought I would try to paint them on by hand to save my her a little money.
The first shade is based off a tattoo and the second shade is based off a purse and my tree out my front window. They turned out awesome!