First Commissioned Portrait of 2010

This is my first commissioned portrait of 2010.  I am very pleased with the outcome. Sure hope the customer likes it.  It is a 12 x 16 on stretched canvas. Painting one blue and one brown eye was interesting.  I do think I caught the look of that particular dog.   Now for it to dry so I can ship it off.

Another painting finished!

My youngest daughter, Melissa, requested a painting of her cat Smokey. So tonight I decided to accept her challenge (I've not painted a cat before.) The result is my interpretation of Smokey.  Hope you enjoy looking at him.  He is on a 12 x 16 canvas, and took me about 3 hours to complete.

Thai woman completed!

Today I finally had a chance to complete my portrait of the Thai woman. I am pretty happy with it.  I still think I need a lot of practice painting fabric- they don't seem to come out quite like I want.  However, for the first painting of the New Year, I think it came out great... Melissa has requested a portrait of her cat...guess that is the next thing on my list

Happy New Year 2010!

It is hard to believe that an entire month has passed since I last posted.  Bert and I decided to come to Florida to visit our children and granddaughter for the holidays. I had forgotten how much of a delight a 17 month old can be. Unfortunately I have also spent the last week in bed with respiratory problems.

Prior to getting sick I was pretty busy painting.  Here are several pictures that I have completed while being here.  This is Fergie. She belongs to a friend of ours.  I believe this will end up hanging in his office.

This is Alex.  He is a precious Bolivian boy that my daughter sponsors. This was painted for her as a Christmas present.

The following are portraits of Micah and Kyla Ann.  They were painted as gifts for their grandparents.

Yesterday I finally felt well enough to paint again.  I decided to challenge myself and paint an older person, since I have been painting so many children recently.  This is a Thai woman.  I still need to complete her clothing and jewelry, but I think her face is complete. Wrinkles were definitely a challenge.  I don't see many of those on the young children I have been painting.  All of these portraits have been painted from photographs.  The Thai woman is painted on a 16 x 20 canvas; the others are on 12 x 16 canvases.