Watercolor Designs
  • Patience
  • Still Together
  • My Ball
  • Jake
  • Quiet Moment
  • Chief Joseph (22x17)
  • J'Town Viaduct (8x11)
  • Amaryllis (5x7)
  • Flowers and Pumpkins (13x10.5)
  • Glorious Rhythm (16x22)
  • Onions (5x7) Sold
  • The Wait is Over (24x18) Sold
  • Blue Vase Shadows 11.5x17.5
  • Sleeping Lab 12x16
  • Bardstown Rd 2 17x23
  • Boat in the Mist 12x16
  • Harry the Giraffe 16x12
  • Basket of Daisies 16x12
  • Pink Peony 8x10
  • The Office Assistant 12x16
  • Charleston Sailing
  • Crystal and Grapes
  • Aviles
  • Luscious Strawberry
  • Elephant Hug
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  • June20th

    Jake

    Posted in: People, Portraits, portrait

    Jake

    This is Jake, the older brother of Grant. This painting was also completed from a Derby Day photo. Again, I tried to keep the painting loose, with subtle shades of coloring.  Just as in Grant’s painting, I used both greens and purple (green gold, permanent green 1, and dioxazine violet with raw umber and raw sienna as the main color) for shading in the hair with cobalt violet light and cobalt blue for shadows in the face. Because of their light skin tones and hair coloring, these colors had to be very weak, very very light glazes or it would be too harsh.

    Image Size: 15×11″   For ordering commissions, check out my “Commissioning a Painting” page.

  • June8th

    Welcoming Blossoms ~ Orlando Brown House, Frankfort

    Posted in: Floral-Garden, Landscapes

    Welcoming Blossoms

    On June 1, 2010, our Kentucky Watercolor Society plein air group met and painted on the grounds of Liberty Hall and the Orlando Brown House in Frankfort, KY. This is the painting I produced that morning and it and paintings by several other artists will be matted, framed and on display in the Orlando Brown House June 19th through July 23rd. For those not familiar, the Orlando Brown House is noted for being a gallery for Paul Sawyer’s watercolors.
    Image Size: 15×11″     (Neutral double mat w/ gold finished wood frame)    Price:$300       Purchase: Please email me or contact Liberty Hall.

  • June1st

    A Quiet Moment ~ Grant

    Posted in: People, Portraits, portrait

    A Quiet Moment

    I happened to take this photo of Grant at his Grandparent’s Derby Party. He was contentedly playing while sitting on his father’s lap. I blocked out the surroundings and increased the lighting on his face. I purposely kept the painting loose while attempting to capture the sweetness of his face. When painting children, skin tones need to remain translucent with subtle variations of color. Because of this, I used a totally transparent palette, with no opaque paints. His eyes were painted with multiple layers of color, again in a loose fashion to give them a watery quality.

    This painting is currently on display at the Middletown Branch of the Louisville Free Public Library and will be there until Sept 7th, 2010.

    Image Size: 15×11″ Purchase: NFS ~ Please contact me for questions regarding commissioned portraits.

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