Unique watercolor portraits and pet portraits as seen on dooce.com, marthastewart.com and The Pioneer Woman. Commissions gladly accepted.
Once upon a time, I did a giveaway on Kathleen’s Sugar and Spice. We had bonded over our mutual friendship with The Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond, our love of food and wine, and I had painted her adorable beagle Daphney. Months later, and a dry spell in the pet portrait business has been fortuitous for the
I decided to paint this client with his sunglasses on. Why? Because I thought it gave the composition a little attitude. And because ever since Matt Biondi in those Ray-Ban commercials I have been a big fan of the Aviator. I guess I’m a sucker for advertising.
Social media can be such a delightful rabbit hole.
I’ve painted portraits from some really bad photos: cell phone pictures, poor lighting, too many filters applied, blurry. But I make do. So when a client sends me several really good photos, all good for unique but equal reasons, I often have a really hard time choosing. This client sent three great pictures, but ultimately,
This was a fun one. My young client specifically requested that her eyes be painted purple and gold and I’m like, Well, I’ll try anything once. So I did. And I love how it turned out.