A few weeks back I was going through some boxes of childhood stuff. My parents, who had hung onto these boxes for years, decided to dump them onto me as they were clearing out their space. So I then hung onto them and am still trying to sort through to decide what to do withContinue reading “Tropical Beach Sunset Painting Brought Back to Life”
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Original Formentera Seascape Painting on Canvas
Original Seascape Formentera, Spain The inspiration for this seascape painting came from a beach on the Spanish island of Formentera, and the beautiful blue hues of the Mediterranean Sea! The canvas is made of Texas-grown organic cotton and is hand-stretched and hand-primed. The wood stretcher bars are FSC-certified and the all-natural gesso primer is madeContinue reading “Original Formentera Seascape Painting on Canvas”
Costa Rica Art Prints
Manzanillo Beach Art Print Manzanillo is located on the southern tip of the Limón province on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica, near Panama. In this painting, a palm tree is hanging out in the warm late-morning breeze, next to the Caribbean water gently rolling up to the shore. Red flowers are in bloom onContinue reading “Costa Rica Art Prints”
A Day by the Water – Original Seascape Watercolor Painting
Enjoy this original seascape watercolor painting for your ocean decor! It combines different hues of blue with a warm orange glow on the horizon. There is a dock that juts out into the water from a sliver of green land on the right-hand side, next to a few palm trees. Painted on archival and acid-freeContinue reading “A Day by the Water – Original Seascape Watercolor Painting”
Down Dog Yoga Portrait Painting
Work in Progress It feels like it’s been a long while since I’ve written a post here! In the past couple of months, I’ve mostly taken a break from painting, as I’ve been focusing my artistic energy on building out a few of my Etsy shops (The Accounting Artist, Spanglish América and Kids Yoga Art).Continue reading “Down Dog Yoga Portrait Painting”
Oil Portrait for the Holidays
This portrait painting is going to be given as a surprise gift for Christmas from the husband to the wife! Finishing a portrait painting always feels like a grand accomplishment to me. A lot of work goes into these, from the initial construction of the canvas, to measuring proportions and sketching out the image, toContinue reading “Oil Portrait for the Holidays”
New Portrait Oil Painting
Surprise Gift of Custom Art This new portrait painting is of a husband and wife on vacation with a scene of sailboats in the background! It will be a surprise gift for the Mrs. The unique mission for this painting was change the headshot of the wife from this photo for one from another photo,Continue reading “New Portrait Oil Painting”
Series of Watercolor Flower Paintings
A few months ago, I did some watercolor floral paintings on 18″ x 24″ watercolor paper for a neighbor of mine. These will be nice for them to look at as we get into the colder seasons and the flowers go away until next spring! Each painting was custom-framed with Michigan-grown poplar wood frames thatContinue reading “Series of Watercolor Flower Paintings”
A room full of murals
Murals in Ashburn, VA at Lost Rhino Retreat Just a few weeks ago, I completed a 4th mural painting at the Lost Rhino Retreat restaurant in the Brambleton neighborhood of Ashburn! It’s an honor to be trusted to paint on a large-scale in such a public setting. They have great American fare and live musicContinue reading “A room full of murals”
Evening Gold – Beach Painting
“Evening Gold” is a watercolor painting of warm sunset colors against a cool evening sky, with palm trees, mountains in the background, the ocean, and gold-hued sand. It’s painted in more of an impressionistic style, to give a dreamy effect, as if you can drift off and be there in your mind! Prints on FineContinue reading “Evening Gold – Beach Painting”