Blue Chair Final again

It is only my stupid perfectionist self that pushes me to post yet another photo of this painting, but the last one was a little blurry. I'm still learning to use my camera.

Final Blue Chair Painting

Here's the finished painting.

Shakira

I hardly ever do this, but this is a painting that I started about two years ago and never finished. Phil kept telling me I needed to finish it, so I finally did. It turned out to be the perfect trade for a bunch of haircuts and now hangs in B Space Salon in Salt Lake.

Chase

This is a painting I worked on a few months ago. I don't paint children very often, so it was a little challenging, but I think it came together well.

Blue Chair #3

Blue Chair #2

Blue Chair Natalie

This is the painting I'm currently working on. I thought I'd post the progression of the piece.

Lafayette Gallery Walk

So we just moved to Lafayette, IN and I'm trying to get involved with the art community here. I put a piece in the gallery walk in downtown Lafayette, and Phil was able to take some pictures of it hanging up. A cute little girl saw what he was up to, and voluntarily added herself to the photo.

Shoulda' Been a Cowboy

This painting was fun. I don't usually paint western scenes, but my Uncle Alan wanted a cowboy portrait of himself. He titled it "Shoulda' Been a Cowboy." It has taken me a few months to post it, but better late than never I guess.

Pregnant Rosie

Rosie is an amazing model. Even when she is 9 months pregnant, she looks beautiful. I finished this painting the day she gave birth to her beautiful baby Hazel.

Mama Mamba

This is a small painting I did for my husband Phil. It goes along with a story that he wrote about a snake family. Hopefully we can make it into a childrens book sometime. This is the mother snake named Mama Mamba Sassyserpent.

Spike

I drew this picture for my older sister. It is her darling baby whom we call Spike.

My Apartment

When Phil and I moved back to Provo, we moved into a funny little apartment which had its fridge located in the family room, so this is a painting of the lovely fridge. I really enjoyed doing it.

More Mozart!

Here are two more Mozart illustrations that I did for the Core Knowledge Foundation. I'm learning to love working with watercolors and I hope to do some more illustration work in that medium.

Mozart

Here are five images from a project about Mozart I did over the summer.

Iroquois Runner

Its taken me all summer to post my illustration work, but here it is. This is another project that I did a couple of months ago for Core Knowledge Foundation. These are four of a series about an Iroquois runner. It was different working in watercolor, but I think now that I've practiced it a little more, I have come to like it again.

Mayflower

Here are some paintings from a project I did for the Core Knowledge Foundation this summer. The project was about the Pilgrims coming across on the Mayflower.

Its because I miss painting portraits.

This blog is for Nuh Nuh, my little sister, who says that I never post blogs. I've been working on illustration projects all summer, and as much as I love painting tiny images in unfamiliar mediums, I miss my portraits, which is why I am very excited to move back to Utah next week, where I will be portraiting once again. Hooray! Really though, illustration work is very fun and something I never thought I would do. Perhaps I may even post some of my summer labors later on when I am feeling more ambitious. Anyway, love to Nuh Nuh.

Rachel

This painting of my friend, Rachel was part of my final BFA portrait show at BYU. I really appreciate the many many times my friends were also my models in college. Lucky for me, I have gorgeous friends.

Libby

I finished this painting a few months ago. My goal is to start painting in a more narrative style like this one.

Communication Arts!

I recently was accepted into the July 2008 Comm Arts Illustration Annual! Check out my full page spread on page 95, directly across from the legless horse.

Rosie