onion - 8x8

calm seascape - 36x36

This is a painting I did for a good friend and her husband as a wedding gift. They wanted something subtle for their new home.

portrait of virginia - 12x16

This portrait was a gift for my friend's birthday. I really enjoyed painting this one!

tom brown's art class - spring 2010

This past spring I took an oil painting class from Tom Brown at the Irvine Art Center. Tom was an excellent teacher with lots of experience to share.

Check out his work:
http://tombrownfineart.blogspot.com/

levi the labradoodle - 18x24

This is my dog Levi. He's a labradoodle, is as scruffy as they come and is still very much a puppy! For this one, I thought it'd be fun to show the process.

1. First I had to get a decent picture of my dog, not as easy as it sounds:


WINNER!


2. Map out the painting:


3. Mix the colors (You betcha I held up my pallet to my dog to make sure the colors matched):


4. Slab on the colors with a pallet knife (quickly covers a lot of surface):


5. Levi's approval, very important


6. Choose a background color


7. Fill the background and flesh out the other colors


8. Add the detail and contrasting colors

rubik's cube series - each 8x8

Learning to solve one of things is a real challenge! For my company's 3rd annual art show, I wanted to paint another series and love the idea of painting rubik's cubes. There's something so simple yet complex about them. One wrong twist could mess the whole block up. My series goes through the emotions of solving a cube. The first is "intimidation", the second, "perseverance", and the third is a feeling of "victory".

The first of the series won me 2nd place. The prize was an entire case of wine and I couldn't have been happier!

calm landscape - 48x60

This painting was a gift to my parents and hangs in their living room. The two dogs in the background were our pets growing up and the dog in the foreground is our current dog, Levi.

'a few of my favorite foods' series - each 8x8

Brie

Avocados

Cracked egg

Pomegranate


For my company's 2nd annual art show, I created this food series and the avocados won me 2nd place!

portrait of maggie - 12x16

Portrait of my friend Maggie. I made it wild, and almost rock-star like. I guess you could say it portrays her pretty well:) I really like the chunky hair and accents of the muted, primary colors.

pop art portrait - 12x12

I had fun with this one. It's a portrait of my friend Kristy, who's got a loud personality, so I only though it appropriate to stylize this as a pop-art portrait.

the next horizon - 11x14

SOLD - "The Next Horizon"
For my company's first art show, I wanted to paint something fresh since I hadn't done anything for awhile. Verizon is one of our biggest clients, so I thought it'd be fun to create an ideal situation for them, juxtaposed with their industry competitors. Inspired by my all-time favorite, Salvador Dali's persistence of memory.

This painting now hangs in the office of the VP of Marketing at Verizon in NY:)

borelli sister's portrait - 24x36

SOLD
Commissioned painting of the three Borelli sisters of San Diego.

colored blocks still life painting - 30x40

still life painting exercise for a college art class

portrait of siblings - 24x36

SOLD
This was a commissioned oil painting done in memory of the son who'd passed away the year before.

grundmeier siblings pencil portrait - 18x24

SOLD
This prisma colored pencil drawing was commissioned as a mother's day gift.

dublin doors painting - 10x12

I photographed several doors during my 3 mo. stay in Dublin. Each one of them had character. I was drawn to these two in particular because of the brilliant colored doors against the worn brick and stone. They were just a few minutes outside Dublin's city center.

african school children painting - 24x36

in the vanity room - 24x36

SOLD

portrait of kelly - 12x12

I did this oil painting portrait as a gift for my friend, Kelly's birthday. I used roses in the background because her room was full rose prints. I loved how it turned out.