People are always asking me how I paint so fast, and really – I don’t.  I think I actually start painting them in my head the moment I first see the photo, then more so the night before I get to work. The actual painting part is just a formality by then.
This weekend, for example, [...]

Filed under: Art, Mad Mom, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Random, S**t My Kids Say, Step-by-step, Watercolor on March 7th, 2011 | 4 Comments »

The new year is off to a great start – I have nearly 20 paintings on the books right now and more coming in every few days. I feel so lucky that I get to do this, you don’t even know.
I put together this little video of the First Painting of 2011 process; I am [...]

Filed under: Art, Dogs, In the studio, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Step-by-step, Watercolor on January 5th, 2011 | 6 Comments »

There is this show coming up at the end of the month that’s calling for art inspired by Dia de los Muertos. I had such luck painting my daughter as a two-headed girl a few weeks ago, that I thought I’d try my hand at painting her as a Catrina figure.
Today we drove to my parents’ house on [...]

Filed under: Art, Beautiful Things, Mad Mom, Portraits, Resolutions, Step-by-step on August 21st, 2010 | 2 Comments »

It occurred to me that I hardly, if ever, post the original photo alongside the finished portrait.  But this is an exceptionally lovely one I received from a client, and a good place to start.
I love it when I receive a nice, clear and beautifully composed photo like this to work from. I think, “Why [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Step-by-step, Watercolor on May 5th, 2010 | 3 Comments »

When The Pioneer Woman awarded 14 of my mini portraits to contest winners on her site, I knew I was going to have to be organized about their production. Here’s how it went.
I started by taping up four pieces of Yupo because I’d decided to do  four paintings at a time. I kept dragging my sleeve [...]

Filed under: Art, Cats, In the studio, Painting on Yupo, Pet Portraits, Step-by-step, Watercolor on March 29th, 2010 | 35 Comments »