M&M

This is a project from my class where we had to render an oil painting in an exact likeness to the photo...same size, etc... I was looking for the photo but I can't remember Celeste's password to get the files : (. I wanted to compare the two and let you guess which one was the painting... not that hard actually. : )

At the Park

The light and shadow shapes played over Jonathan in this photo taken at the park on the 4th of July in 2004. There is nothing more fun than to draw fun light and shadow on the picture of one of my grandchildren that I love!

PATTING PAPA'S CHEEK

The photo that this painting was taken from was so perfect....I'm just sad that I couldn't totally capture it! I'll keep working on this one.

Our little grandson Andrew's gesture of reaching back to pat his Papa on the cheek was so precious, just as precious as his sweet and gentle spirit.

LITTLE MAN

My children and grandchildren are the joy of my life! The

phrase "joy and rejoicing in your posterity" rings through my soul with every drawing or painting that I do of my family. My family has always brought me great joy.... even though my daughter claims I said otherwise once! Even though my grandchildren are so far away in different countries, painting gives me ties to them that make them feel closer to me.

ILLUSIONS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW

An exercise in 2-dimensional art. This was a fun challenge in developing form by using light and shadow to bring the objects on the page forward. Because of shortcomings with my camera, the light and details are not as good, but this drawing took me over 100 hours to complete.

Amber Glow

Brides are always beautiful, but I especially loved the glowing light in this setting which accented Amber beautifully.

I think I'm going to have to leave the photography to Celeste from now on... the painting isn't blurred!

Little Angel

The older I get the more I see little children as angels. Divinely pure, innocent, sweet and good. They come so recently from God's presence and can't help retain some of that Heavenly influence. This is our little girl angel Claire. She's so precious to us!

This painting is done in a unique technique where I painted the image in acylics, covered the entire image with packaging tape, painted the image again, and then scratched off the acrylic paint to reveal the underpainting. It was a fun experiment, but again, I have failed to photograph it in a way that keeps it from looking warped.