It's been a while.....

It's been quite a while since I have posted to my blog, and now that I have finished school and am really trying to establish myself as an artist, I decided that I really should get back to blogging. I am also working on a new website, but I'm not quite ready to 'put it out there' yet. As you may have guessed by now, writing is not my favorite past-time, but I am hoping that by posting to my blog on a more regular basis it may become easier and more fun for me :)

So, continuing to catch up with what I've done in the past couple of years:

The following painting is the first portrait that I completed in 2008:

"Portrait of Libby"
19x15 oil on linen
2008

My first commissioned portrait!

A friend of mine wanted to give his wife a unique gift, so he asked me to complete a charcoal portrait of her. Her picture had been used on the cover of a local magazine, so in this instance I completed the entire portrait using a photo-reference. Normally, I would prefer to work with a 'live' model, but since this was to be a surprise, that was not possible. I'm told that she was truly surprised by this gift, and that the family loves it.....aren't friends wonderful!?

"Portrait of Jean"
24x20 Charcoal on Paper
2007