Waldner Gardens

I just finished this mural. It was actually more difficult than I had envisioned. The clients had a painting that they loved, and they wanted me to "extend" the painting into a mural. Matching the colors exactly was a bit time consuming, but I think it worked out well. I used: Ultramarine blue, Cerulean Blue, Raw Sienna, Yellow Ochre, a tad bit of Cad. Yellow medium, Dark Burnt Umber, Burnt Umber, and Alizarin Crimson. The base color (the color I wash in over everything at the beginning) was mostly Raw Sienna with some areas of Yellow Ochre.

I love painting gardens and flowers, so this was a great project. :-)

South Dakota Summer Memories

I just finished a commissioned painting for a client of her mother's childhood home....a farm in South Dakota. Her mother provided some old black and white photos of the various farm buildings (house, barn etc), but none of the photos showed the entire farm , and all of the building photos were from different angles. Trying to piece the various photos and angles together into a convincing scene was harder than I had anticipated.

I took some photos of the creative process...(from gathering the photo reference to sketches and value studies to painting) and put them in video form.

I finally finished and varnished this painting....