"The Circle," 15" x 18," a commissioned portrait of four family members, done in acrylics on a museum quality panel, headed to a private collection (THANK YOU!). Inquiries may come to me.
In process photos, many of them, are on the studio's Facebook page - be sure to scroll back, because I've been working on this one since last week.
This weekend I wrapped myself in family and gave thanks for my Grandparents. The perfect prescription for healing.
This morning all three kids got off to school - although The Caped Crusader slept in and joined his classmates a little later in the day. Which means I got in a couple of uninterrupted hours at the easel and started a ginormous pot of ham soup simmering, and that was an excellent prescription as well.
Fondly,
Kim, who's looking at her calendar and realizing there's not much more room for holiday commissions - you'de better speak up now or it'll be a gift certificate (which really isn't bad at all, because the recipient gets to participate in the portrait process themselves)!!
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The cover of "A Dog Named Blue," now available from Blurb publishers. When I first painted Amelia I never imagined that she would be re-christened "Blue" and inspire a book. In her defense, Amelia had a number of other partners in crime - animals who's portraits seemed to fall into a specific color category and prompt color-centric names. In typical ADD fashion, my brain started spinning 100mph. What if I turned those muses' paintings into a picture book for animal loving kids? I shared my idea with three friends in the industry, and they eagerly offered their expertise. I am truly indebted to them. Illustrator and author Matt Faulkner and children's book author and literacy expert Kristen Remenar edited an early version of the draft. They suggested key plot/conceptual changes that made it oodles better. Designer Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson worked her magic, pairing the images with perfectly color...
Une très belle famille canine... Des couleurs qui chantent, en somme une nouvelle peinture magnifique...
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