It's Finished!

It's been awhile since the wedding, but the painting is finally finished!



As a reminder, here is side by side comparison with the original photo (photo on the left; painting on the right). If you ask me, I think the painting has a bit more life to it than the photo....but I'm also a little biased. What do you think?!

One More Petal to Go

As you can see, there's not much more left to go. Plans are to finish this painting by tomorrow night. I have a meeting Thursday at a florist and I'd like to bring this painting along to show off as an example of what I do. Wish me luck!

And Monday is over...

I promised a post at the end of today to show my full days work. Not much left to go!

A Case of the Mondays

I'll be painting all day today and thought I'd post before lunch so you could see this morning's progress. Later in the evening I'll conclude this Monday with the rest of today's work....hopefully it will be a lot. Happy Monday!

Back to the Easel

After a brief hiatus from my bouquet painting, I'm now back in the studio working with my beloved oil paints (fyi, the mural is all acrylic.....very different to work with). Expect another post soon with more changes...lots of painting planned for the future.

Weekend work....

This Saturday was a beautiful day for a wedding, and I was so glad the weather cooperated because I had the pleasure of taking photographs of a Clara Williams Company co-worker's bouquet. The bouquet was done by Alice's Garden and featured 2 types of ivory roses. I'll be putting together some compositions soon for our boss to choose from (she's giving the painting to the bride as a gift!). Congratulations Katie and Ted!




Hollie and Anthony's painting is slowly filling in, but may go even slower this week. I have a mural that I am starting this week out in Lemont. Oddly enough, I am painting over a mural I did back in 2006 of the Chicago skyline. The new painting will be of a bambo forest. I'll be posting the progress of this project as well, so be sure to check back....lot's going on!

Today's progress.....

Bit by bit.

Hollie and Anthony in Cancun, Mexico

I had the pleasure of attending Hollie and Tony (Rossi's) wedding in sunny Cancun, Mexico this February. It was a much needed vacation and a wonderful experience having never attended a destination wedding before.

As a gift to the bride and groom, I will be creating a painting of Hollie's star gazer lily and ivory rose bouquet. What a great way to remember this magical day! Thanks Hollie and Tony for letting me be apart of your wedding!



Here are a couple of close up shots of the bouquet.





The composition the bride chose for the painting....




Progress as of today!