Hutson
“Hutson” age 4 This portrait of adorable four-year-old Hutson was a Christmas gift from his mommy to his daddy. His mommy also purchased multiple prints of the portrait to give to all the grandparents! Updating...
Read MoreJose and Phyllis’ Home
Jose and Phyllis’ Home. This was my first-ever house portrait! My love of all things nostalgic and sentimental has reached new highs with this one — a portrait of a childhood home. Thanks for giving me the benefit of the doubt, Holly – and commissioning this piece from me on pure faith that I could do it!
Read More“Crunchy” for Jeff
“Crunchy” for Jeff, a grownup Jeff is all grown up now, but Crunchy was Jeff’s favorite stuffed animal as a child, and even traveled to college with him. Jeff’s wife thought he might like a portrait of Crunchy to have close to his bed, since Crunchy has been passed down to the next generation and now resides in their daughter’s room. Crunchy is dirty, floppy, and worn — exactly the way a well-loved stuffed animal should...
Read More“Black Kitty” for Sarah
“Black Kitty” for Sarah, age 8 I can’t be certain this stuffed animal is actually supposed to be a cat (round ears? looks sort of mouse-ish to me, and Sarah’s mom admits it looks more like a “rat-bear thing”), but 8-year-old Sarah calls him “Black Kitty”, so I’m just going to take her word for it, because let me tell you, Sarah LOVES this little animal so, seriously, she must know. The description Sarah’s mom wrote to me is just too cute to paraphrase – so here it is, directly quoted: “You just don’t even know how...
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