Commission

custom canvas

this is what it looks like when someone hands you a photo and says “make it feel like her”

From photo to portrait

The process

the life of the party

  1. This painting was inspired by her personality — fun, warm, the life of the party. A devoted knitter with a wild streak, and a well-earned love of whiskey.
  2. The brief was simple: put her in the middle of a party, surrounded by people having fun.
  3. I decided to carry her love of knitting into the whole scene, so her clothing became hand-knitted and one of a kind — just like her.

she knits, she laughs, she fills a room — and somehow all of that had to end up on canvas.

The painting

the life of the party — the finished painting

Examples

A woman sitting cross-legged at the bow of a pale green boat on a calm green river, seen from behind, trees on both banks.A family portrait of three people in evening dress — a man in a tuxedo and sunglasses, and two women in a blue and a red gown — before a window strung with warm lights.A man fishing from the bow of a pale green flats boat on calm open water, under a bright sky with scattered clouds.A woman laughing while knitting at a table laden with food and flowers, surrounded by richly patterned fabrics, with a leopard resting on a branch above her.

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