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Don’t Forget “Trixie Lou!”~~ Too!

About fourteen years ago I painted a mural (in Newark, Delaware) that extended from the laundry room into the powder room-bathroom with a theme of strawberry vines and sunflowers, also including the client’s two poodles, Faline and Marcy. Sadly, these two fur babies have passed on. The owner now has a new puppy named Trixie Lou! I was recently invited back into this home to add her in, and while there, I also made a few tweaks/adjustments to the first two dogs in the mural....

House Portrait for Les and Betty

I have a color theory book called “Making Color Sing” and this hot pink used in my house portrait is called “Opera Rose” by Winsor and Newton! Intense colors excite me, and working them into a piece of art with the right harmony and all else, design-wise and form wise, can be quite a process. I met up with my cousin Les and his wife, Betty, about a month ago to deliver the framed original and two framed prints for each of their sons....

Caricatures from Nadia’s 14th Birthday Party!

Last Saturday I drew caricatures at a birthday party for a 14-year-old girl, her friends, some younger attendees and one adult with her dog! The adults present loved what I was doing and I had a lot of fun, even staying after I finished and packed up to watch the magician – a wonderful performance by a master of illusion! Almost a week later, as I add in the photos from that day, I’m trying to remember a few of...