Can you really “tour” one little room? Well, here’s a glimpse of my studio, which I obviously share with my 2 year old and her own art gear. Check out the awesome easel that my husband Greg built for her! The easel that I use was my mother’s when she was in [...]
11″x14″ acrylic, 2010. This painting of Max and his cat is not a toy portrait of course, but is a follow-up to my painting of Max’s sister Lilly and her toy frog. Max’s mother Wendy says that Max does not have a particular favorite toy, but he is very attached to Jack [...]
What a treat to recieve a photo of a Toy Portrait at home with its toy and person! Here is Henry and his stuffed clown/blanket Ned all cozied up in their reading chair. Hanging right above them is the Ned’s portrait, completed in Sept. ‘09. Thank you to Henry’s mom [...]
8″x10″ acrylic, 2009. This painting of my daughter Sonja sort of qualifies as a toy portrait, in that she has a toy car in her hand. I’ve been known to depict the occasional human, so bring on any combination of toy, person, animal, and/or object you like and I’d be delighted to [...]
The toy portraits are on display in Albany until September 18th! The venue is the new Emack and Bolio’s ice cream shop and cafe at 1704 Western Avenue. So far I have tried the Raspberry Sorbet and the Low Fat Malted Cookie Dough Frozen Yogurt. Thumbs up! Everything is all natural [...]
29″x40″, oil on canvas 1996. I did lots of self-portraits in college and grad school because I was always available to model! Here’s one from 1996, and obviously even then I could not resist painting my stuffed animals. This picture features Tigger and a lion called Hubert — he was a give-away [...]
I recently had the pleasure of meeting and being interviewed by the folks at the popular Capital Region blog All Over Albany. They tend to spend a lot of their time blogging with thier laptops set up back to back at a table at Uncommon Grounds on Western Avenue, where I currently have a [...]
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