Old friend.

This beautiful old dog died this year and the owner asked me to paint it for a xmas present.  It was surprisingly difficult because of the black in the picture.  I used a picture as well as looking at my own dog to finish the picture.  It is a 16 by 20 watercolor pencil painting on canvas done in a hyperrealism genre.

Legacy Prize Time

After months of deliberation I have decided to once again enter the Legacy Prize Competition.  I really struggled with this decision because  this type of competition has messed with my mind and spirit in the past.  I am trying to learn how to loose with grace.  I will post a picture later.

Bobby Mulnix

This is my friend Bobby.  He would have been 52 years old this month.  I recently found out that he died twenty some  years ago at the age of 30.  He was a dreamer and worked all his short life to become a pilot.  He accomplished his dream participating in a short lived career.   He died in his sleep.  The coroner said it was a heart attack.  No drugs or abnormalities were found in his body. He was tethered to this earth for such a short time then flew off to be were he most wanted to be a dreamer in the clouds of our passing.

This is a watercolor pencil painting on canvas approximately 12" by 16".  The painting will be given to his mother as a gift of my condolences for the loss of her son.

Fall Flowers

This is some type of fall flower I painted from a picture a friend of mine took.  I really liked the colors and how it turned out.  I hope you enjoyed it.  Again, it is a water color on canvas picture.  The original picture was taken by, Emily Hansen.