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Dolly and Bear

Jennifer At Your Toy Portrait — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:54:19 +0000

8″x10″ acrylic, 2011. One of my very favorite toy stories is the one where the parent falls in love with a toy and is subsequently victorious in convincing her child to love it too! The bear in this portrait was purchased by Jennifer when she first became pregnant with her twin daughters Zora and Jane. “Having twin girls has been the greatest blessing in my life,” Jennifer wrote to me, “far more joyous (and exhausting!) than I could ever have imagined, and that Zora loves this bear represents this to me.” Jane’s favorite is Dolly, and is dragged to school each day, smothered in blankets and kisses while playing “mama,” and taken to bed every night. If Dolly is lost in the covers, Jane calls out “Dolllllllllyyyy” and Jennifer must come and find her. Jennifer notes, “They have many toys but these are the most cherished by far.”

Prints!

Jennifer At Your Toy Portrait — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:30:27 +0000

All of the paintings archived on this website are available as beautifully reproduced, affordable prints! I work with a wonderful printer whose very careful and artistic eye can be trusted to make an incredibly true reproduction of the original portrait. The images are professionally printed on either photo-quality matte presentation paper, which utilizes archival pigmented inks, or as a matte glicée print using Epson Archival UltraChrome K3 Pigment Inks, on Verona archival 100% cotton rag paper.

There is a 1/2 inch white border around the edges of the print.

The prints have a very high resistance to high humidity, and a moderate resistance to direct water.

- The print will be shipped out via USPS Priority Shipping within 3-7 business days of receiving payment.
- Shipped flat in a protective cello sleeve with matte board backing in a flat mailer.
- Please let me know if you need your purchase rushed for a gift, I will try my best to accommodate you!!

In addition to the the three sizes listed below, larger options are also available.

Please write to me (jennifer @ yourtoyportrait.com) with the name of the painting and your prefered paper type and size, and I will email you an invoice.

$6 shipping within the US.

Pound Puppy 2.0

Jennifer At Your Toy Portrait — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:09:52 +0000

5″x7″ acrylic, 2011.
This portrait might look a bit familiar… it is my second painting of Meriwether’s beloved Pound Puppy, which she has had since childhood. When she recieved the original portrait, her mother liked it so much that Meriwether decided to order another one for her, too! This situation was an exciting first for me, although it is not the first time I’ve painted the same subjects multiple times: Here are two versions of a squishy Hello Kitty, and two of Hamtaro and Totoro posing together.

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Happy Hippo

Jennifer At Your Toy Portrait — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 19:23:31 +0000

8″x10″ acrylic, 2009. Hippos hold a significant place in our own family lore, so I was thrilled to be asked to paint this adorable stuffed hippo just before Christmas! His name is Happy, and he’s been the favorite toy of Zoe, 4, since she was one-and-a-half. I love how simple he is — a perfectly abstracted shape, almost minimalist. I was sent some fantastic photos of Zoe together with a very thread-bare Happy and it is clear how loved and important he is! He would fit right in among my younger sister’s collection. She loved hippos as a little girl, and has long been the victim of her family falling back on this fact when buying birthday or Christmas gifts. As Happy demonstrates, sometimes less is more!

Boo Boo

Jennifer At Your Toy Portrait — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:37:03 +0000

8″x10″ acrylic, 2009. This bunny belongs to Billy, and the portrait was commissioned by his father. “Boo Boo” bunny is ridiculously adorable, but I felt compelled to try to honor the masculine aspect of this father-to-son gift by painting him in a conciously non-cutesy way.

Knit Cow

Jennifer At Your Toy Portrait — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:17:18 +0000

5″x7″ acrylic, 2009. This little painting is of one of the L’attitude Enfant series of adorable yarn animals that we got at Target. It is also another example of a toy that I think is irresistable and that Sonja really couldn’t care less about. We have a whole posse of these things and she barely acknowledges them. Hey, guess what her newest, proudest, loudest word of the week is? ELMO.

Burberry Chicken

Jennifer At Your Toy Portrait — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:06:57 +0000

8″x10″ acrylic on canvas, 2009. This stylish chicken was given to 5-year-old Oona by awesome artist Ralph Steadman! He’s the guy who drew all those famous, wild illustrations of Hunter S. Thompson, among many other things, and he worked with Oona’s mom at a literary agency. Apparently Oona has lately been focusing her affections on a somewhat more “glamorous” toy, but her little sister Daphne, 3, has taken him under her wing.

Totoro/Hamtaro

Jennifer At Your Toy Portrait — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:46:45 +0000

9×12″, acrylic on canvas, 2009. This dual portrait was so nice I had to make it twice! It was sold during my recent show at Uncommon Grounds, and someone who had seen it and wanted to give it to his girlfriend for her birthday was really disappointed. He called me while I was on vacation in Delaware and explained his situation, and I offered to try my best to reproduce it quickly upon my return… Further complicating the matter, he was not local to our area and the girlfriend’s birthday was only three days after I was to get home. So even before unpacking, I broke out these two stuffed animals, set up my gear, and had the painting complete and Express Mailed within 24 hours!

This picture combines two titans of Japanese pop-culture, Hamtaro the hamster and the Studio Ghibli character Totoro.

Baby Bowling/Elephant

Jennifer At Your Toy Portrait — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:13:46 +0000

Baby Bowling/Elephant 10×12 acrylic on canvas 2009

My daughter Sonja was given two different sets of “baby bowling,” each of which consist of limbless stuffed animals and a soft ball. One of the sets contains farm animals, and the other, bought by my sister while in Australia, is mostly jungle animals plus some “mystery” creatures, rendered unidentifiable by their creative coloring and their…Australian-ness, I suppose. Purple wombat? Not sure. But it’s fun setting up a virtual army of crazy un-armed (ha ha) animals to be mown down by a merauding toddler. Here are a few of them, clearly coveting the four apendages of a small felt elephant.