treasury

thanks so much to ARThiel for including this portrait in her "treasury" on etsy. a treasury basically features and promotes different artists work. ARThiel picked several portraits and grouped them together to be featured. i am honored to be a part! click here to view them all. 

ps: the listing will expire in 3 days. 

the commish

because a good bit of my work is commissioned, i find myself experimenting with lots of different subjects and painting styles. some clients come to me with little vision in mind and prefer that i come up with whatever i feel for their space. while other clients come to me with more specifics. some projects have very personal meaning, while some projects are fun, and then some, just funny! i'll let you be the judge....

 start with this:

and blend it with this:

(but with a cigar instead of a cigarette)

then maybe add this:

and this:

to yield something like this?:

**ps: this piece actually WAS created to be "funny". i certainly hope he thought so, too.