8″x10″ acrylic, 2011. Funny how it happens like this, but a couple of weeks ago it seemed as though everyone who has ever won an auction or giveaway portrait contacted me at the same time! Stephanie was the recipient of an custom portrait at an auction benefitting a California elementary school in [...]
8″x10″ acrylic, 2011. I’m really enjoying that many of the recent toys I’ve painted have been propped against pretty pillows! It could be that I am exceedingly sleepy as I write this, but the sweet embroidery and smooth texture of this pillowcase is just fascinating to me. This much-loved bunny, [...]
5″x7″ acrylic, 2011. The many well-intended gifts we recieve for our newborn babies can be overwhelming… this bunny blanket was stashed in a closet when Lily was a few weeks old, but would later prove to be very important. After battling a tongue-thrust issue as a baby, it was recommended that [...]
8″x10″ acrylic, 2011. This portrait features favorite childhood objects of both Penny-June and her mother, Kara-Leigh. Hop Hop, a well-worn Jellycat rabbit, belongs to the (adorably named!) Penny-June. Kara-Leigh suggested that Hop Hop be seated on a little wooden chair that was her own when she was small. I like [...]
8″x10″ acrylic, 2011. Wait, slow down, stop! You almost drove right by a garage sale that could very well harbor the most significant objects you may ever own! This worn blue Beanie Baby, simply called “Rabbit” by 8-year-old Jenna, is one such find. He was still a bright baby blue [...]
8″x10″ acrylic, 2011. I just recieved an adorable photo of 4-year-old Sophia holding this painting. Her mom, Dawn, tells me that Sophia looked at it and, after a slow moment of recognition, smiled and said “LOVEY!!” Dawn ordered this portrait after Lovey the bunny blanket had been lost and found for [...]
5″x7″ acrylic, 2011. Colleen found me via a local Etsy search, and since she lives mere blocks from me, I had the pleasure of meeting this bunny/blanket in person! Not wanting to separate it from 2-year-old Emilia for any significant length of time, Colleen and I worked together to take a nice [...]
5″x7″ acrylic, 2010. This bunny, who belongs to four-year-old Ella, is one of four identical bunnies: One sits pristinely on a shelf, while the other three enjoy equal rotation and affection. Ella can tell them apart with one little squeeze. The most beloved of them has a [...]
8″x10″ acrylic, 2010. I love this: The two rabbits, each named Francis, function as a unit known as the “Franci.” The flat blanket animal of ambiguous species (giraffe?) has always been referred to simple as “Nose.” Megan, who will give this painting to her nephew Carter, says that there was [...]
9″x12″ acrylic, 2010. These are the battered and beloved childhood toys of Donna’s husband Andrew. She commissioned this portrait for his upcoming birthday. Donna notes that in most photos of Andrew as a child, these two are close by. She says that whenever he sees them even today, he remembers [...]
8″x10″ acrylic, 2010. This is definitely the season of the floppy white bunny around here — I seem to always be working on several at a time! Cindy will give this portrait of Bunny to her almost-six-year-old son on his upcoming birthday, but she covertly showed it to his two-year-old brother when [...]
9″x12″ acrylic, 2010. The portrait of this bunny, called “Bunny,” will be Donna’s gift to her niece on her upcoming first birthday. Donna’s own children already have portraits of their favorite toys which were painted by (ahem) someone else, but that’s okay… I was delighted to paint this fabulous floppy bunny and I [...]
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