I’m celebrating with my friend on the birth of her first grandchild. Her idea for this portrait is totally fantastic. (She always has the best ideas!) So we came up with this size, 6″x6″x1.5″, a[…]
Giving to help make the world a better place is important to me. As a former missionary I ask myself how I can help. This is a wonderful opportunity. I painted these three for a[…]
It’s an amazing thing to dream and imagine. Shiny ideas float around and evolve. I have been thinking about painting flying people for awhile. So I finally painted them in my newest piece, Prayer Meeting.[…]
I have painted this theme before, three daughters. These sweet girls are the daughters of Singapore. Their dad works the International Furniture Market in High Point, NC. My dear artist friend who works with him[…]
Happy Birthday to my youngest son! This is his rescued pup, Chancho. He’s a sweet boy. Chancho has his own Instagram following #Chancho_the_Chiweenie. Chancho 14×11 oil on panel
A soft impressionistic painting, ‘I Am A Child of God’, has very little detail. It’s more a feeling. Just being. I’ve had this photo in my box for quite a while waiting to be painted.[…]
I started this painting in a different way – with movement. Music is going, big canvas, lots of room to move… With pencil in hand the marks were grand swirling gestures. Then I saw the[…]
So how does that happen? A commissioned prophetic painting? Here’s what I got from the client: babies, anchors and the color navy. I told this to an artist friend and she just blurted out a[…]
I came across this commission piece. I never met the woman who commissioned this in person. She saw my art, mostly portraits, in a coffee shop in downtown Winston Salem. She called and sent photos[…]
