Barksdale Home

I just finished this drawing for a military family being transferred, AGAIN!  I'm happy to provide a keepsake that will trigger memories of wonderful fun with neighbors and hot summers in the south!

Price List

Hi Friends!

Maybe you think that you can't afford custom artwork, but it might be more within your grasp than you think!  I've put together a price list for custom House Portraits.  Of course, I am happy to work with any and all subject matters, but this list should give you a general idea of price.

Please let me know what I can do for you!

Christmas Present

I was happy to complete this house drawing for a Christmas present.  It is the second done for this family, this time of their current home.

I love a good series!

A Southern Home

My friends have the quintessential Southern home, both in style and hospitality! They won a house portrait from me at a silent auction to raise money for other dear friends living for Jesus in the mountains of Guatemala. I was so glad to draw this home with it's beautiful columns and amazing, big-hearted occupants!!!

Cotton

I was given my own choice of a Louisiana themed painting for an auction to support the families of men and women on deployment.

I love a Landscape!

Christmas is around the corner!

Please let me know soon if custom art is on a loved one's wishlist!

Louisiana Lovin'

One of the thing I love about doing commission work is that it pushes me to try things I've never done before.  I can also see the fruit of working at Painting With A Twist for 4 years in that I'm not afraid to try and I trust my skill.  Again, I can see my Lord's hand in this!!!

An old friend from middle school/high school asked that I do a grouping of 6 specific Louisiana themed paintings to make her Chicago home reflect her childhood one.  Can I paint a pelican?  Sure!  A magnolia?  Why not!  (With fingers crossed and a prayer!)

"Se ma mezon": Creole for "home"

Louisiana iris: state wildflower

Brown pelican: state bird

Bald cypress: state tree

"Union, Justice, Confidence": state motto

Magnolia: state flower

Thanks, Shea, old friend, for the opportunity!

Other friends, what can I do for you?

Gifts

I have had a nice break from sitting at my computer this summer.  Rather than designing and drafting homes, I've had multiple art commissions!

This first one really stretched me!  It has been a while since I've painted, generally, and probably since college that I've done a LARGE painting.  I was happy to create this barn painting for my sister to give to her husband for Father's Day.

This next painting was for my folks to give as a Thank You gift for their hosts in Colorado.  It was way smaller but, I found out, smaller isn't easier when it comes to getting in the detail!

Finally, this drawing was commissioned as a first anniversary gift as this couple sold their first home together.

I have really enjoyed sitting at my easel and trying my hand at various subject matter! 

 Stay tuned for my next post which will show you the 6-paneled piece that has occupied my last month.  

And, as always, let me know what I can do for you!!!

My Children

I'd like to share pictures I've hung in my dining room of my precious children.

This painting of one year old Liam was finally completed when he was five.  It's tough breaking out oil paints with little kids around!

So, I chose to do a drawing of two year old Larkin with her lovey (and the one time I got her into pigtails!).

I adore these kiddos and I thank God for blessing me so richly.

Let me know if your little ones need to be made into art and hung in your dining room.  I can help with that!

I Draw People Too!

I drew these two brothers in their Kindergarten graduation regalia.

Frozen in sweet time!

Churches

I suppose these two pencil drawings would fall under the Ecclesiastical category.

This first was commissioned as a wedding present.

This second was a small drawing I did to raise money for the Volunteers of America's LightHouse program.  It is the steeple of First Baptist Church Shreveport and I sold prints of it.  I plan to do more Shreveport steeples for charity in the future, so keep an eye out for them!

Live Oaks

Two live oak drawings by commission.  One pencil, one pen.

House Drawings

I was commissioned at Christmastime to do a couple of pen drawings of houses.

These are they:

Silverton, Colorado

This is a painting of the Colorado courthouse at which my brother, Josh, and his lovely bride, Jacqui, were married.  I gave it to them as a belated wedding present.

House Paintings

I've recently completed a few paintings of homes as gifts for those moving away.

These were really fun projects.  Let me know if I can do one for you!  They are fantastic presents!!!



Re-Upholstery(ish)

Really, all I have the skill for (so far) is recovering.  Here are a couple of chairs that I've tackled.

This one is 1 of 8.  I'll have to post a pic of the whole dining room when all 8 are completed!

Liam's Room

I'll kick start this blog with a set of paintings I did for my son's room:

Let me know if I can create something similar for you!