Oil 40x36 Painted a large version of the gardenia that I did a study of a few weeks ago and posted here. Learned a lot from the study and tried to take advice from the forum. This is a commission for someone who had all their artwork stolen from their home a few months ago. I also painted a large landscape scene for them as well.
Oil on canvas 18x24. This is a large tree in my neighborhood that the developer left on a lot by itself and put a nice brick fence around it. It must be 150-200 years old. I improvised the surroundings but it's not far off from the landscape around Arlington. There are several of these large oak trees around the town and I always wonder what all they've seen over the years! I have this picture on Etsy for sale!
Oil 40x32 canvas: Commission painting for someone who had a similar painting stolen from their home. Had fun painting on such a large canvas.
Worked on getting more color in the shadows and lights. Owner is going to pick it up tomorrow.
My grandfather loved to sell watermelons and decided to paint this portrait with the green and white shirt just like the mellons he used to sell. He was a share cropper in Medon Tn. and sold watermelons to make money on the side. I signed the picture and put a watermelon with my signature. He is greatly missed and was a very good man.
This is Jenna even younger. I snapped this picture of her playing in the back yard. I loved the expression on her face and had to paint her. The quality of the photo is bad for now. Had to take without a flash since it is under glass and the glare kills the picture.
