THOUGHT PATTERNS

My Portraits

When I'm not papercuting and practicing Scottish accents with Terry, I can also be found painting portraits...

William, Lacey, Grayson, 36" x 24", acrylic on canvas

Arent they the cutest? The rosy cheeks, the sweet smiles, the polka dots and pink bows, the t-shirts!  It was a thrill painting them!

 

Miga, 24" x 24", acrylic on canvas

I love dogs, and she was truly the sweetest. With her head slightly leaning to the left, giving her also a very wise expression, don't you think?

 

Alex and Pat, 36" x 24", acrylic on canvas

While I was doing the portrait, Alex sent me cigars he liked smoking, so that I would paint it just right. I have yet to smoke them! :)

       

Trick Rider, 30" x 40", acrylic on canvas

This portrait was commissioned by a woman as a surprise for her husband. He used to trick ride as a kid, back in the 50's, and fondly remembered those days. He always dreamed of trick riding in front of an audience, but never did. She had a photo of him on a horse, so she asked me to put a little audience :) in the background. The audience was quite impressed, let me tell you!

Good Night!

xoxoxo

New Custom Papercut - Princess and the Frog

I just completed a new custom piece - Princess and the Frog. My client (a little girl) wanted a kissing scene from the Disney's movie...

 

 

 

I will be making a series of fairy tales papercuts, so keep checking my shop if you're interested. They should be completed by the middle of next week. If you have a suggestion, a favorite fairy tale that you would like to see as a papercut in your kids room, or your own room :), let me know. I'm happy to fulfill any wishes!

 

Hope you all have a happy and merry weekend.

 

xoxoxo

 

Sisterhood

I was commissioned recently by a lovely woman to do a papercut of herself with her four sisters. She is getting married and her sisters are to be her bridesmaids so she wanted to give each a special papercut. She was quite fond of my Autumn Kiss and Girl on a Swing papercuts and wanted a piece that would have that kind of a feel. The piece had to depict and show their sisterhood and how close they are, what they enjoy doing and how they like spending their time together. She told me a little bit about herself and each sister, sent me their photos, and this is what I came up with...

 

 

I'm happy to say that she was very pleased with the result. And I hope her sisters will be, too.

 

Hope your Sunday was spent well, and I wish you a wonderful week!

 

xoxoxo

Two commissioned pieces

Now that the Christmas is behind us I can show you two most recent pieces I was commissioned to do that were meant to be given as Cristmas gifts.

The Castle & the Piper is a papercut piece which I did for the Scottish grandmother of a most adorable and lovely woman, Michelle. She said her grandmother loves pipers, thistles and the Newark Castle, Port Glasgow, is related to King Robert the Bruce and is of the Bruce clan (therefore a particular Bruce tartan paper was needed for the piper), and adores  Charles Rennie Mackintosh the famous Scottish architect and designer. So, I needed to incorporate all of these components into a piece. My, that sure was challenging. So, after a longish road of trial and error, and trial and error, I created this piece:

     

   

I loved it so much - and sure hoped that my client Michelle would to. And she did - she was thrilled. She promised to send me some photos of the moment grandma opened her special present. Can't wait to see them:). I even created a certificate of authenticity which stated that this piece was created especially for the grandmother and included a poem by a Scottish author.

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The second piece is a portrait of a weenie dog Miga. It was commissioned by lovely Ginny as a Christmas present for her dear friend whose beloved dog is getting old and frail. Miga lives in New Orleans and spends her time often in this magical lush garden. I wanted to show the porch and the garden but avoid making the dog appear too small. So I positioned the viewer on the ground, right at Miga's level - almost as the viewer is her playmate, therefore making the portrait very intimate.

So here is Miga...

 

She touches my heart. Ginny loved the piece, and I hope that her friend loved it too.

I feel very happy and honored that Michelle and Ginny chose me to create these two pieces that made someone feel happy and special. Many thanks to both of them!

xoxox