Comission Update and other good news

I am so excited to say that I delivered my commission piece "Red Vessel" today and it was well received.  I hated to disappoint my client and am so happy that they liked it.  It was certainly a work in progress, and I feel a weight off my shoulders knowing that it will soon be in a great new home, snugly over the fireplace.  

Funny, I always think of how in art school, to create "sofa art" was to sell out.  I love the fact that a lot of my work finds it's way above fireplaces or sofas, and into the heart of someone's home.  It seems fitting since my work uses the house imagery a lot.

"Prodigal House" (below)  has also been sold.  All in all a very good art day!

(34" x 18" oil on canvas)

Family Christmas and current commision

Well, I finally spent some time in the studio yesterday, mostly tweaking this current commission.  I am happier with it than I have been.  So..keeping my fingers crossed that the client feels the same!!

Here is the original, a piece that I did 12 years ago!! It's a 12x12"

 

The clients wanted it a bit more muted and soft, a less acidy underpainting

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Here is the commission which is a 26x26"

I am excited to deliver it, and hope that they will be happy.  That is always such a stressful moment.  Usually I do commission from scratch, the duplication  process is completely different.

Yesterday was also my family's Christmas.  It was a fabulous night!  A yummy meal cooked by my brother and a good time with family. 

  

  

  

 

Commissions

I had some fun commission's this year.  Here are two. The first was an oil painting for friends that really liked this view of two bridges.  It was neat, to go and take pictures of them  to see their vision and then do an interpretation that was totally my own.  Very cool.

The next, was something different...I got to decorate and expectant friends bassinet.  She wanted images from "Goodnight Moon".