“Canoediana” – Commission, ~18″ x 24″ What an infectious smile!?  Christine’s grandma is pictured here relaxing afloat a canoe.  When she commissioned this piece, Christine gave me free reign to add colour if I wanted too.   I contemplated making the shirt red, but opted out in the end as you can see.  I…

  “Camping Patch” – Commission, ~16″ x 20″, acrylic on wood. This may have been the hardest picture to paint as of yet.  My goodness.  I scratched out and repainted my sweet friend Miranda’s little child face.  She commissioned this as a gift for her Dad, and I wanted terribly to capture her perfectly.  I…

Maui Wedding ~ 26″ x 38″, commission. Summer is the season for wedding portraits!  Again, I was able to paint this one outside in the sun which is so appropriate for the subject, got me right in the groove.  This image is quite large, and I had the added challenge of combining two photos.  The…

  Happy Beautiful People in Love! I was loving life when I was given this commission.  It was gorgeous weather outside, I had my easle set up on the deck, baby monitor on hand and was just adoring these faces!  They were glowing, and I guess just being so present and focussed, painting these smiling…

  Young Rider Last year I had this sweet commission from Angela.  Her daughter had seen my art at the moss street paint in, and put me on her wish list!  So nice someone so young would request art for Christmas! It was a tricky one to paint, because of the profile and angle of…