In Living Color 54 - Dr Holoway

Last year was a trying time for me when I went to my doctor and he informed me I had need for a surgery I would never have expected.  Arrangements were made for me to meet with another doctor who would perform the surgery and a date set up.  After completing the operation and all but the last visit required behind me my loving husband and I thought it would be nice to give the surgery doctor a thank you gift for a job well done.  Being an artist it felt fitting to do some kind of art work for him and since I had recently painted my self portrait one of those rare ah-haa moments came.  Now how to get a photo of him that I could work from.  Easy, just google his name and low and behold the perfect image appeared.  I have to admit he was rather surprised!

Dr. Holoway
Acrylic
8" X 10"

In Living Color 53 - Self Portrait

I like working on more than one painting at a time rather than one from start to finish.  I find that as I work on a painting I will run into an area that I'm not sure how I want to paint it or just get frustrated and need to put it aside for a period of time.  If I reach this state on each of the paintings I am currently working on, and I have, I will try to throw a small project in to distract me.  This painting is one of those projects.  After seeing the paintings of Andy Warhol I thought it would be fun to do a self portrait in that style.  Taking a picture I had  I ran it through PhotoShop effects and got a two-tone picture I could use as a cartoon.  Then using acrylics and a canvas I made this painting.

Self Portrait
Acrylics
8" X 10"

In Living Color 49 - Rock Painting 1 & 2

Being a Grammy has its benefits and one of those is being able to spend some one on one time with your grandchild.  We had an overnighter with each of our  two older grandsons living here in Florida and when Eli the second oldest was here we had art time together.  Eli loved my cat Solomon so I decided to paint a picture of Solomon on a rock for him.  Now this was the first time I had ever painted on a rock and wasn't sure how to begin. I started by finding a rock painting of a cat that looked like my Lynx Point and making a copy sized to fit the rock.  With the outline in place the painting started.  This did not do my Solomon justice since he was such a beautiful cat and I decided that if I ever did this again I would use my own photo and figure it out from there but none the less Eli loved it.

Grandson Eli

Rock Painting
Solomon

 

Now the older grandson Miles was actually the first to stay over with us but we had different activities planned with him which did not include rock painting.  When he saw the rock that was painted for his brother Eli he also requested I paint one for him.  He asked for a Solomon rock but I thought he might want something more suited to his liking so in asking he decided a Bald Eagle was in order.  With a little experience under my belt this one came together a lot better and Miles was pleased.

 

Grandson Miles

 

Rock Painting

Bald Eagle