portrait of virginia - 12x16

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

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

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.

borelli sister's portrait - 24x36

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Commissioned painting of the three Borelli sisters of San Diego.

portrait of siblings - 24x36

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

grundmeier siblings pencil portrait - 18x24

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

in the vanity room - 24x36

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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.

romantic memorabilia drawing - 18x24

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This drawing was commissioned as an anniversary gift for Leslie, from George. Highly personalized, I referenced actual photo booth pictures of the two of them, had George write out the love letter that you see in the background so I could capture his handwriting and drew their actual wedding bands.

james dean drawing - 11x14

I did this drawing for a college art 101 class and ended up using it as an example of my basic drawing skills to help launch my commissioned artwork business. He's so handsome. Too bad he wasn't around for me to draw in person;)