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Most of these paintings
are shown in other galleries but I wanted to give a narrative that
may help
you in going forward with your own idea for a paintings. These
paintings were done with a photograph
or two and a lot of piecing and sketching to complete the whole. In
other words if you have an idea
but don't really have all of what you need in photos to send me, I
can create a lot with little.
I call these special because all of these
paintings were created from a vision or idea that a customer
presented to me and we worked it out into something unique and truly
special for the person who
received it as these are usually surprise gifts.
About these paintings The painting above
depicts a man who died tragically very young. His daughter was only
two.
He played football for Nebraska. The husband of the daughter on the
far right surprised her
by having me paint the whole family on the Nebraska field including
grandsons who played football
granddaughter (cheerleader), siblings and their spouses to
commemorate by wearing big red jerseys. The
Grandfather/Father/Husband was someone who to some here was only
known through a few photographs.
.This was a way to bring the whole family together to honor his
memery.
Only a few poor photos
were available of the man and we had no photos of the family in any
of these poses, just others
facing to the front, but with the detailed description of them all
and some creation it all came together. Below
Delta Queen
Others are more simple like the Delta Queen paddlewheel boat put
into a scene of the
Mississippi river off the shore of a customers back yard.
Zombieland
The couple with the zombies in zombie land play this game together
and she had the idea of
putting him and her together getting ready to enter the danger that
awaits them. With a few
photos of them, photos of some zombies off the web and a pic of his
favorite jersey, I
created them in this zombie town modeled after some game scenes. An
inscription was
added to the top to tell the story.
Chief
The sailboat was owned by the father who received this as a gift. He
had sold it and
his daughter thought it would be a great gift to him in remembrance
of all the good times
the family had on the CHIEF. Taking photos of the bay they often
sailed and a sailboat
like theirs I was able to add the whole family in from descriptions
from the daughter.
Morning Walk Personalized The couple walking with the dog
was a real challenge. The son of this couple asked
if I could take a famous painting by Thomas Gainsborough
(Morning Walk) and put
the
likeness
of his parents swapped with the original subjects. His father was a
admirer of this
famous English artist and they even honeymooned in England,
Gainsborough's country. With photos of his
mom and dad and the painting I tweaked and sketched my
my way through this. Gainsborough paints in layer upon thin layer of
paint to get his
look, so this took awhile to get close. I hope he's not rolling over in
his grave.
So what ever idea that you can dream
up for that very special unique
painting, give me a try. I'm always up to the
challenge
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