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/

angel's baseball team logo mural

My cousin has three little boys and they're crazy about baseball, especially the Angels! I painted this logo in their play room to complete the baseball theme. She said if she'd had a girl, this logo would've never gone up!

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!