http://customtoyportrait.com Original, Affordable Works of Art Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:51:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://customtoyportrait.com/toyportraits/knuffles/ http://customtoyportrait.com/toyportraits/knuffles/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:45:12 +0000 Custom Toy Portrait http://customtoyportrait.com/?p=534 8″x10″ oil, 2004. Here is a “early” toy portrait that I painted several years ago of my sister’s childhood favorite, Knuffles. He was about 6″ high, I believe made by Gund, and pretty ambiguous about his species. There were many heated family discussions regarding what sort of animal he was… a cow? Hamster? Guinea pig? A nutria, even? His amorphous, squishy body made him a go-to living room battle projectile whenever the need for one arose.

]]> http://customtoyportrait.com/toyportraits/knuffles/feed/ 0 http://customtoyportrait.com/blog/an-early-toy-portrait/ http://customtoyportrait.com/blog/an-early-toy-portrait/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:44:13 +0000 Custom Toy Portrait http://customtoyportrait.com/?p=238 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.

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