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Studio Tour

Custom Toy Portrait — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:09:48 +0000

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 art school… …which I have defaced terribly via my bad habit of wiping my brushes its ledge (not to mention my own clothes). Also, if you look carefully, you’ll notice that a sippy cup has made it’s way into my arsenal. Last year Greg replaced all five windows in here so that I don’t have to move the whole show to the dining room table for the winter! And here’s Sonja coming at me with some new portrait requests of her own.

Max and Jack

Custom Toy Portrait — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:24:11 +0000

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 the cat. She says that Max slings Jack over his shoulder and carries him around that way, and Jack doesn’t seem to mind a bit!

Ned and Henry

Custom Toy Portrait — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:24:06 +0000

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 Leigh for sending this wonderful picture!

Toy/Portrait

Custom Toy Portrait — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:52:37 +0000

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 paint it for you!

Now showing!

Custom Toy Portrait — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:03:43 +0000

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 and hormone-free, and there is live music too. Come check it out!

an early toy portrait

Custom Toy Portrait — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:44:13 +0000

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 at a bank where my mom opened an account when I was a baby. Note the sweet mid-century modern furniture, which unfortunately did not belong to me but was fun to paint.

Some Great Local Press!

Custom Toy Portrait — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:30:37 +0000

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 large exhibit of my work. They were particularly interested in the Toy Portraits and were kind enough to feature the corresponding interview on their website! Check it out here!