Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Lee
This is one of my favorite little pastels! I was commissioned to do an oil painting of this little girl, Lee. After the photo was chosen for the oil, the mother approached me about doing something with this photo that she was drawn to. I am so glad she did! Originally she was going to give this to her mother, but upon receiving it, she was not sure she could part with it! I believe that it is hanging in the family's condo on this beach. So it is shared with the whole family. It is not very often that I get to do something that does not have any green in it! I will post the oil tomorrow.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Chris
I just thought that I would post a few of my favorite pieces. This is an oil on canvas... 22"X28" The dog took me longer than the child!
Saturday, December 26, 2009
I have recently started keeping a photo record of the progressions of my bigger projects. It has really been a fun and beneficial thing to do... I can sometimes see problems better in a smaller photographic form than from looking at the original. I know there is something not quite right but I can't seem to put my finger on it... but then I look at it on the computer and it is staring right at me! WAY before computers and digital photography, one of my art professors told me to try looking at my work with a mirror or even upside down. He also said that if you could put your paintings across for your favorite chair and live with them... then they were done! I find that my work is never really done.... I always find something I want to change!
Here is the progression of my portrait of Chloe, her dog, and ponies. The photos that I took for this piece are on flickr. This was a very challenging project! I started out with a photo session with Chloe, Max (dog), and the two ponies on either side of her... Artie and Nitt. Then I photographed the other 3 to fit. One of the ponies was not in Florida at the time. I work on a photo taken by Lizzie (whom I refer to as the pony nanny!)... Thank you Lizzie! The other ponies are (from left to right) Birdie, Beau, Ali, and Sabrina.
This is oil on canvas and the size is 28"X60".
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